#8A6DDE#8A6DDE

#8A6DDE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.166 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DDE
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 222)
HSL	hsl(255, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 50.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 37.05, -54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 65.49, 304.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.0639 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.166 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1312, 21.6138, 71.7301)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DDE #C1DE6D

analogous

#6D89DE #8A6DDE #C26DDE

triadic

#8A6DDE #DE8A6D #6DDE8A

tetradic

#8A6DDE #DE6D89 #C1DE6D #6DDEC2

square

#8A6DDE #DE6D89 #C1DE6D #6DDEC2

split-complementary

#8A6DDE #DEC26D #89DE6D

monochromatic

#4826AA #623BD3 #8A6DDE #B29FE9 #DAD1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A6DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8A6DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DDE

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DDE	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F82E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75849B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.166 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b097e9',
    500: '#8a6dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dde;
$custom-light: #b097e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.398,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61531,
    "c": 0.16574,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DDE

secondary

#DDE7C0

accent

#CB1B9E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DDE

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

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