#8A6DD3#8A6DD3

#8A6DD3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.151 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DD3
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 211)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 48%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 48.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, 34.12, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 59.51, 304.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.063 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.151 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7047, 21.0432, 64.2175)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DD3 #B6D36D

analogous

#6D83D3 #8A6DD3 #BD6DD3

triadic

#8A6DD3 #D38A6D #6DD38A

tetradic

#8A6DD3 #D36D83 #B6D36D #6DD3BD

square

#8A6DD3 #D36D83 #B6D36D #6DD3BD

split-complementary

#8A6DD3 #D3BD6D #83D36D

monochromatic

#4C2E98 #643EC5 #8A6DD3 #B09CE1 #D5CBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8A6DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8A6DD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DD3

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DD3	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.151 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af97e1',
    500: '#8a6dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dd3;
$custom-light: #af97e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.059,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60869,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DD3

secondary

#D6E0BB

accent

#C12495

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DD3

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

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