#8A6DE6#8A6DE6

#8A6DE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.176 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DE6
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 230)
HSL	hsl(254, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(254, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 52.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, 39.21, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 69.80, 304.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.0644 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.176 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2289, 22.0529, 77.5115)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DE6 #C9E66D

analogous

#6D8DE6 #8A6DE6 #C76DE6

triadic

#8A6DE6 #E68A6D #6DE68A

tetradic

#8A6DE6 #E66D8D #C9E66D #6DE6C7

square

#8A6DE6 #E66D8D #C9E66D #6DE6C7

split-complementary

#8A6DE6 #E6C76D #8DE66D

monochromatic

#4420B9 #6039DD #8A6DE6 #B4A1EF #DED6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8A6DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8A6DE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DE6

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DE6	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3783EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71869F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.176 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b197ee',
    500: '#8a6de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6de6;
$custom-light: #b197ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.38,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6203,
    "c": 0.17611,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DE6

secondary

#E2EBC4

accent

#D313A5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DE6

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

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