#8A6DD2#8A6DD2

#8A6DD2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.150 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DD2
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 210)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 48.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 33.86, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 58.97, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.0628 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.15 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5798, 20.9932, 63.5593)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DD2 #B5D26D

analogous

#6D82D2 #8A6DD2 #BD6DD2

triadic

#8A6DD2 #D28A6D #6DD28A

tetradic

#8A6DD2 #D26D82 #B5D26D #6DD2BD

square

#8A6DD2 #D26D82 #B5D26D #6DD2BD

split-complementary

#8A6DD2 #D2BD6D #82D26D

monochromatic

#4C2E96 #653EC4 #8A6DD2 #AF9CE0 #D5CBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#8A6DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#8A6DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DD2

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DD2	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.150 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af97e0',
    500: '#8a6dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dd2;
$custom-light: #af97e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.228,
    "s": 52.88,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60811,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DD2

secondary

#D5E0BB

accent

#C02594

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DD2

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

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