#8A6DDD#8A6DDD

#8A6DDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.164 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DDD
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 221)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 50.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 36.78, -53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 64.95, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.0639 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.164 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9976, 21.5603, 71.0264)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DDD #C0DD6D

analogous

#6D88DD #8A6DDD #C26DDD

triadic

#8A6DDD #DD8A6D #6DDD8A

tetradic

#8A6DDD #DD6D88 #C0DD6D #6DDDC2

square

#8A6DDD #DD6D88 #C0DD6D #6DDDC2

split-complementary

#8A6DDD #DDC26D #88DD6D

monochromatic

#4927A8 #623BD1 #8A6DDD #B29FE9 #DAD0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A6DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8A6DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DDD

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DDD	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4081E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75849B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.164 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b097e8',
    500: '#8a6ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ddd;
$custom-light: #b097e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.536,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6147,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DDD

secondary

#DCE6C0

accent

#CA1C9D

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DDD

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

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