#8A6DC4#8A6DC4

#8A6DC4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.131 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DC4
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 196)
HSL	hsl(260, 42%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(260, 44%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 44.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 30.22, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 51.31, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.061 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.131 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9113, 20.3258, 54.7720)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DC4 #A7C46D

analogous

#6D7CC4 #8A6DC4 #B66DC4

triadic

#8A6DC4 #C48A6D #6DC48A

tetradic

#8A6DC4 #C46D7C #A7C46D #6DC4B6

square

#8A6DC4 #C46D7C #A7C46D #6DC4B6

split-complementary

#8A6DC4 #C4B66D #7CC46D

monochromatic

#4E3582 #6946AE #8A6DC4 #AD99D6 #D0C4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8A6DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#8A6DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DC4

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DC4	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#537DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.131 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97d6',
    500: '#8a6dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dc4;
$custom-light: #ae97d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 42.439,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60016,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DC4

secondary

#CCD7B6

accent

#D256A9

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DC4

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

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