#8A6DBE#8A6DBE

#8A6DBE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.123 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DBE
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 190)
HSL	hsl(261, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(261, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 42.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, 28.70, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 48.02, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.06 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.123 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2420, 20.0581, 51.2470)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DBE #A1BE6D

analogous

#6D78BE #8A6DBE #B26DBE

triadic

#8A6DBE #BE8A6D #6DBE8A

tetradic

#8A6DBE #BE6D78 #A1BE6D #6DBEB2

square

#8A6DBE #BE6D78 #A1BE6D #6DBEB2

split-complementary

#8A6DBE #BEB26D #78BE6D

monochromatic

#4F367A #6A49A5 #8A6DBE #AC97D1 #CEC2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#8A6DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#8A6DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DBE

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DBE	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#577CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.123 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97d2',
    500: '#8a6dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dbe;
$custom-light: #ae97d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.481,
    "s": 38.389,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59691,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DBE

secondary

#C8D3B3

accent

#CE59A4

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DBE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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