#8A6DDB#8A6DDB

#8A6DDB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.162 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DDB
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 219)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 50%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 36.25, -52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 63.86, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.0637 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.162 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7327, 21.4544, 69.6314)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DDB #BEDB6D

analogous

#6D87DB #8A6DDB #C16DDB

triadic

#8A6DDB #DB8A6D #6DDB8A

tetradic

#8A6DDB #DB6D87 #BEDB6D #6DDBC1

square

#8A6DDB #DB6D87 #BEDB6D #6DDBC1

split-complementary

#8A6DDB #DBC16D #87DB6D

monochromatic

#4929A5 #633CCF #8A6DDB #B19EE7 #D9CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8A6DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#8A6DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DDB

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DDB	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4281DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76839A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.162 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b097e7',
    500: '#8a6ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ddb;
$custom-light: #b097e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.818,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61348,
    "c": 0.16182,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DDB

secondary

#DBE5BF

accent

#C81D9B

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DDB

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

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