#8A6DD0#8A6DD0

#8A6DD0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.147 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DD0
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 208)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(258, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 47.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 33.33, -47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 57.88, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.0626 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.147 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3322, 20.8942, 62.2552)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DD0 #B3D06D

analogous

#6D82D0 #8A6DD0 #BC6DD0

triadic

#8A6DD0 #D08A6D #6DD08A

tetradic

#8A6DD0 #D06D82 #B3D06D #6DD0BC

square

#8A6DD0 #D06D82 #B3D06D #6DD0BC

split-complementary

#8A6DD0 #D0BC6D #82D06D

monochromatic

#4D2F93 #653FC1 #8A6DD0 #AF9BDF #D4CAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8A6DD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8A6DD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DD0

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DD0	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7FD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.147 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af97df',
    500: '#8a6dd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dd0;
$custom-light: #af97df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.576,
    "s": 51.295,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60694,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DD0

secondary

#D4DFBA

accent

#BF2792

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DD0

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

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