#8A6ED3#8A6ED3

#8A6ED3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.150 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6ED3
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 211)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 48%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 47.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 33.54, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 58.88, 304.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.0616 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.15 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8120, 21.2578, 64.2532)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6ED3 #B7D36E

analogous

#6E84D3 #8A6ED3 #BD6ED3

triadic

#8A6ED3 #D38A6E #6ED38A

tetradic

#8A6ED3 #D36E84 #B7D36E #6ED3BD

square

#8A6ED3 #D36E84 #B7D36E #6ED3BD

split-complementary

#8A6ED3 #D3BD6E #84D36E

monochromatic

#4C2E98 #643FC5 #8A6ED3 #B09DE1 #D6CCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8A6ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#8A6ED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6ED3

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6ED3	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A80D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7ED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#798196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.150 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af98e1',
    500: '#8a6ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ed3;
$custom-light: #af98e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.634,
    "s": 53.439,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61044,
    "c": 0.14976,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6ED3

secondary

#D6E1BC

accent

#C12596

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6ED3

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

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