#8A6DE9#8A6DE9

#8A6DE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.180 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DE9
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 233)
HSL	hsl(254, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(254, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 53.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 40.03, -59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 71.41, 304.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0646 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.18 291)
XYZ	xyz(30.6538, 22.2228, 79.7493)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DE9 #CCE96D

analogous

#6D8EE9 #8A6DE9 #C86DE9

triadic

#8A6DE9 #E98A6D #6DE98A

tetradic

#8A6DE9 #E96D8E #CCE96D #6DE9C8

square

#8A6DE9 #E96D8E #CCE96D #6DE9C8

split-complementary

#8A6DE9 #E9C86D #8EE96D

monochromatic

#431DBF #5F38E1 #8A6DE9 #B5A2F1 #DFD7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8A6DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#8A6DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DE9

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DE9	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3384ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7087A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.180 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b197f1',
    500: '#8a6de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6de9;
$custom-light: #b197f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.032,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62221,
    "c": 0.17997,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.22224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DE9

secondary

#E3EDC5

accent

#D610A8

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DE9

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

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