#8A6EBE#8A6EBE

#8A6EBE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.122 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EBE
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 190)
HSL	hsl(261, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(261, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 42.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 28.12, -38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 47.37, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.0586 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.122 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3493, 20.2727, 51.2827)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EBE #A2BE6E

analogous

#6E7ABE #8A6EBE #B26EBE

triadic

#8A6EBE #BE8A6E #6EBE8A

tetradic

#8A6EBE #BE6E7A #A2BE6E #6EBEB2

square

#8A6EBE #BE6E7A #A2BE6E #6EBEB2

split-complementary

#8A6EBE #BEB26E #7ABE6E

monochromatic

#4F377B #6A4AA5 #8A6EBE #AC98D1 #CEC3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8A6EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8A6EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EBE

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EBE	1.00	4.15	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#587CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.122 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae98d2',
    500: '#8a6ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ebe;
$custom-light: #ae98d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59873,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EBE

secondary

#C9D4B4

accent

#CE5AA5

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EBE

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

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