#8A6DCD#8A6DCD

#8A6DCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.143 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DCD
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(258, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 46.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 32.55, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 56.24, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.0623 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.143 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9666, 20.7479, 60.3298)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DCD #B0CD6D

analogous

#6D80CD #8A6DCD #BA6DCD

triadic

#8A6DCD #CD8A6D #6DCD8A

tetradic

#8A6DCD #CD6D80 #B0CD6D #6DCDBA

square

#8A6DCD #CD6D80 #B0CD6D #6DCDBA

split-complementary

#8A6DCD #CDBA6D #80CD6D

monochromatic

#4D318F #6640BC #8A6DCD #AF9BDD #D3C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8A6DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8A6DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DCD

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DCD	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.143 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af97dd',
    500: '#8a6dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dcd;
$custom-light: #af97dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.125,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60521,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DCD

secondary

#D2DDB9

accent

#BC2990

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DCD

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

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