#8A6DD4#8A6DD4

#8A6DD4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.153 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DD4
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 212)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 48.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 34.38, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 60.06, 304.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.0631 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.153 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8305, 21.0935, 64.8798)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DD4 #B7D46D

analogous

#6D83D4 #8A6DD4 #BD6DD4

triadic

#8A6DD4 #D48A6D #6DD48A

tetradic

#8A6DD4 #D46D83 #B7D46D #6DD4BD

square

#8A6DD4 #D46D83 #B7D46D #6DD4BD

split-complementary

#8A6DD4 #D4BD6D #83D46D

monochromatic

#4C2D99 #643EC6 #8A6DD4 #B09CE2 #D6CCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8A6DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#8A6DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DD4

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DD4	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4880D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.153 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af97e2',
    500: '#8a6dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dd4;
$custom-light: #af97e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.893,
    "s": 54.497,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60928,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DD4

secondary

#D6E1BC

accent

#C22495

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DD4

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

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