#8A6DEE#8A6DEE

#8A6DEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.186 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DEE
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 238)
HSL	hsl(253, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(253, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 54.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 41.40, -61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 74.09, 303.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0647 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.186 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3782, 22.5126, 83.5644)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DEE #D1EE6D

analogous

#6D91EE #8A6DEE #CA6DEE

triadic

#8A6DEE #EE8A6D #6DEE8A

tetradic

#8A6DEE #EE6D91 #D1EE6D #6DEECA

square

#8A6DEE #EE6D91 #D1EE6D #6DEECA

split-complementary

#8A6DEE #EECA6D #91EE6D

monochromatic

#3F17C9 #5E36E8 #8A6DEE #B6A4F4 #E2DBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A6DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8A6DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DEE

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DEE	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B85F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3080EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E89A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.186 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b297f4',
    500: '#8a6dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dee;
$custom-light: #b297f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.488,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62544,
    "c": 0.18638,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DEE

secondary

#E6EFC8

accent

#DB0AAC

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DEE

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

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