#8A6DEA#8A6DEA

#8A6DEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.181 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DEA
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 234)
HSL	hsl(254, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(254, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 53.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 40.31, -59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 71.95, 304.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.0646 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.181 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7971, 22.2801, 80.5038)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DEA #CDEA6D

analogous

#6D8FEA #8A6DEA #C96DEA

triadic

#8A6DEA #EA8A6D #6DEA8A

tetradic

#8A6DEA #EA6D8F #CDEA6D #6DEAC9

square

#8A6DEA #EA6D8F #CDEA6D #6DEAC9

split-complementary

#8A6DEA #EAC96D #8FEA6D

monochromatic

#421CC1 #5F37E2 #8A6DEA #B5A3F2 #E0D8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A6DEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8A6DEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DEA

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DEA	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3184EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F87A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.181 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b197f1',
    500: '#8a6dea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dea;
$custom-light: #b197f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.92,
    "s": 74.85,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62286,
    "c": 0.18126,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DEA

secondary

#E4EDC6

accent

#D70EA8

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DEA

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

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