#8A6EC5#8A6EC5

#8A6EC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.131 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EC5
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 197)
HSL	hsl(259, 43%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(259, 44%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 44.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 29.90, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 51.21, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.0598 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.131 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1328, 20.5861, 55.4092)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EC5 #A9C56E

analogous

#6E7EC5 #8A6EC5 #B56EC5

triadic

#8A6EC5 #C58A6E #6EC58A

tetradic

#8A6EC5 #C56E7E #A9C56E #6EC5B5

square

#8A6EC5 #C56E7E #A9C56E #6EC5B5

split-complementary

#8A6EC5 #C5B56E #7EC56E

monochromatic

#4E3584 #6846B0 #8A6EC5 #AD9AD6 #D1C5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8A6EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8A6EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EC5

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EC5	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.131 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae98d7',
    500: '#8a6ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ec5;
$custom-light: #ae98d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.31,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60251,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EC5

secondary

#CDD8B7

accent

#B6308B

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EC5

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

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