#8A6EDD#8A6EDD

#8A6EDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.163 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EDD
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 221)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 50.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 36.20, -53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 64.32, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.0626 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.163 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1048, 21.7749, 71.0621)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EDD #C1DD6E

analogous

#6E8ADD #8A6EDD #C16EDD

triadic

#8A6EDD #DD8A6E #6EDD8A

tetradic

#8A6EDD #DD6E8A #C1DD6E #6EDDC1

square

#8A6EDD #DD6E8A #C1DD6E #6EDDC1

split-complementary

#8A6EDD #DDC16E #8ADD6E

monochromatic

#4828A9 #623CD1 #8A6EDD #B2A0E9 #DAD1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8A6EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#8A6EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EDD

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EDD	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4282E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75849B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.163 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b098e8',
    500: '#8a6edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6edd;
$custom-light: #b098e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.135,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61641,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EDD

secondary

#DDE6C0

accent

#CA1C9E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EDD

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

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