#8A6DC1#8A6DC1

#8A6DC1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.127 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DC1
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 193)
HSL	hsl(261, 40%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(261, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 43.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, 29.46, -39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 49.67, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0605 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.127 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5732, 20.1906, 52.9916)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DC1 #A4C16D

analogous

#6D7AC1 #8A6DC1 #B46DC1

triadic

#8A6DC1 #C18A6D #6DC18A

tetradic

#8A6DC1 #C16D7A #A4C16D #6DC1B4

square

#8A6DC1 #C16D7A #A4C16D #6DC1B4

split-complementary

#8A6DC1 #C1B46D #7AC16D

monochromatic

#4F367E #6948A9 #8A6DC1 #AC98D3 #CFC3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#8A6DC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#8A6DC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DC1

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DC1	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557CC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.127 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97d4',
    500: '#8a6dc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dc1;
$custom-light: #ae97d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.714,
    "s": 40.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59852,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DC1

secondary

#CAD5B4

accent

#D058A7

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DC1

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

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