#8A6ED2#8A6ED2

#8A6ED2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.148 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6ED2
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 210)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 47.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, 33.28, -47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 58.33, 304.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.0615 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.148 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6871, 21.2078, 63.5951)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6ED2 #B6D26E

analogous

#6E84D2 #8A6ED2 #BC6ED2

triadic

#8A6ED2 #D28A6E #6ED28A

tetradic

#8A6ED2 #D26E84 #B6D26E #6ED2BC

square

#8A6ED2 #D26E84 #B6D26E #6ED2BC

split-complementary

#8A6ED2 #D2BC6E #84D26E

monochromatic

#4C2F97 #643FC4 #8A6ED2 #B09DE0 #D5CBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8A6ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8A6ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6ED2

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6ED2	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B80D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.148 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af98e0',
    500: '#8a6ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ed2;
$custom-light: #af98e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60986,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6ED2

secondary

#D6E0BC

accent

#C02595

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6ED2

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

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