#8A6DE2#8A6DE2

#8A6DE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.171 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DE2
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 226)
HSL	hsl(255, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 51.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 38.13, -55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 67.65, 304.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.0642 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.171 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6737, 21.8308, 74.5871)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DE2 #C5E26D

analogous

#6D8AE2 #8A6DE2 #C46DE2

triadic

#8A6DE2 #E28A6D #6DE28A

tetradic

#8A6DE2 #E26D8A #C5E26D #6DE2C4

square

#8A6DE2 #E26D8A #C5E26D #6DE2C4

split-complementary

#8A6DE2 #E2C46D #8AE26D

monochromatic

#4623B1 #613AD8 #8A6DE2 #B3A0EC #DCD3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A6DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8A6DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DE2

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DE2	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B82E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73859D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.171 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b197ec',
    500: '#8a6de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6de2;
$custom-light: #b197ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.872,
    "s": 66.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61779,
    "c": 0.17094,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DE2

secondary

#DFE9C2

accent

#CF17A1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DE2

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

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