#8A6DC2#8A6DC2

#8A6DC2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.129 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DC2
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 194)
HSL	hsl(260, 41%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 43.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 29.72, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 50.22, 306.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.0607 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.129 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6852, 20.2354, 53.5811)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DC2 #A5C26D

analogous

#6D7BC2 #8A6DC2 #B56DC2

triadic

#8A6DC2 #C28A6D #6DC28A

tetradic

#8A6DC2 #C26D7B #A5C26D #6DC2B5

square

#8A6DC2 #C26D7B #A5C26D #6DC2B5

split-complementary

#8A6DC2 #C2B56D #7BC26D

monochromatic

#4F357F #6947AB #8A6DC2 #AD98D4 #CFC3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#8A6DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8A6DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DC2

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DC2	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.129 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97d5',
    500: '#8a6dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dc2;
$custom-light: #ae97d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.471,
    "s": 41.063,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59906,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DC2

secondary

#CBD6B5

accent

#D157A7

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DC2

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

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