#8A6EC4#8A6EC4

#8A6EC4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.130 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EC4
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 196)
HSL	hsl(260, 42%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(260, 44%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 43.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 29.64, -41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 50.67, 305.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.0596 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.13 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0186, 20.5404, 54.8078)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EC4 #A8C46E

analogous

#6E7DC4 #8A6EC4 #B56EC4

triadic

#8A6EC4 #C48A6E #6EC48A

tetradic

#8A6EC4 #C46E7D #A8C46E #6EC4B5

square

#8A6EC4 #C46E7D #A8C46E #6EC4B5

split-complementary

#8A6EC4 #C4B56E #7DC46E

monochromatic

#4E3583 #6847AE #8A6EC4 #AD99D6 #D0C5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8A6EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8A6EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EC4

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EC4	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.130 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae98d6',
    500: '#8a6ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ec4;
$custom-light: #ae98d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 42.157,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60196,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EC4

secondary

#CDD7B6

accent

#D256AA

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EC4

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

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