#8A6EDE#8A6EDE

#8A6EDE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.164 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EDE
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 222)
HSL	hsl(255, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 36.47, -53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 64.86, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.0627 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.164 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2385, 21.8283, 71.7659)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EDE #C2DE6E

analogous

#6E8ADE #8A6EDE #C26EDE

triadic

#8A6EDE #DE8A6E #6EDE8A

tetradic

#8A6EDE #DE6E8A #C2DE6E #6EDEC2

square

#8A6EDE #DE6E8A #C2DE6E #6EDEC2

split-complementary

#8A6EDE #DEC26E #8ADE6E

monochromatic

#4827AB #623CD3 #8A6EDE #B2A0E9 #DAD2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A6EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8A6EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EDE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EDE	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4182E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75859C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.164 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b098e9',
    500: '#8a6ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ede;
$custom-light: #b098e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61702,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EDE

secondary

#DDE7C1

accent

#CB1B9F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EDE

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

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