#8A6DDA#8A6DDA

#8A6DDA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.161 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DDA
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 218)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 50%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, 35.98, -52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 63.32, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.0636 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.161 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6014, 21.4019, 68.9401)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DDA #BDDA6D

analogous

#6D87DA #8A6DDA #C16DDA

triadic

#8A6DDA #DA8A6D #6DDA8A

tetradic

#8A6DDA #DA6D87 #BDDA6D #6DDAC1

square

#8A6DDA #DA6D87 #BDDA6D #6DDAC1

split-complementary

#8A6DDA #DAC16D #87DA6D

monochromatic

#4A29A3 #633CCE #8A6DDA #B19EE6 #D8CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8A6DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8A6DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DDA

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DDA	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4381DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#768399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.161 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b097e6',
    500: '#8a6dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dda;
$custom-light: #b097e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.963,
    "s": 59.563,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61287,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DDA

secondary

#DAE4BE

accent

#C71E9A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DDA

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

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