#8A6DC7#8A6DC7

#8A6DC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.135 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DC7
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 199)
HSL	hsl(259, 45%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(259, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 45.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 30.99, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 52.96, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.0615 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.135 297)
XYZ	xyz(26.2562, 20.4638, 56.5884)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DC7 #AAC76D

analogous

#6D7DC7 #8A6DC7 #B76DC7

triadic

#8A6DC7 #C78A6D #6DC78A

tetradic

#8A6DC7 #C76D7D #AAC76D #6DC7B7

square

#8A6DC7 #C76D7D #AAC76D #6DC7B7

split-complementary

#8A6DC7 #C7B76D #7DC76D

monochromatic

#4E3386 #6844B2 #8A6DC7 #AD99D8 #D1C5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8A6DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#8A6DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DC7

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DC7	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#517DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.135 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97d8',
    500: '#8a6dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dc7;
$custom-light: #ae97d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.333,
    "s": 44.554,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60182,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.20464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DC7

secondary

#CED9B7

accent

#B82E8B

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DC7

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

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