#8A6DCE#8A6DCE

#8A6DCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.145 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DCE
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 206)
HSL	hsl(258, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(258, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 47.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 32.81, -46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 56.79, 305.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.0624 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.145 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0877, 20.7964, 60.9675)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DCE #B1CE6D

analogous

#6D81CE #8A6DCE #BB6DCE

triadic

#8A6DCE #CE8A6D #6DCE8A

tetradic

#8A6DCE #CE6D81 #B1CE6D #6DCEBB

square

#8A6DCE #CE6D81 #B1CE6D #6DCEBB

split-complementary

#8A6DCE #CEBB6D #81CE6D

monochromatic

#4D3090 #6640BE #8A6DCE #AF9BDD #D3C9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8A6DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8A6DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DCE

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DCE	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C7FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.145 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af97dd',
    500: '#8a6dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dce;
$custom-light: #af97dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.938,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60578,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DCE

secondary

#D3DDB9

accent

#BD2891

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DCE

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

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