#8A6EE6#8A6EE6

#8A6EE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.175 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EE6
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 230)
HSL	hsl(254, 71%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(254, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 52.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, 38.64, -57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 69.18, 303.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.0632 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.175 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3362, 22.2674, 77.5473)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EE6 #CAE66E

analogous

#6E8EE6 #8A6EE6 #C66EE6

triadic

#8A6EE6 #E68A6E #6EE68A

tetradic

#8A6EE6 #E66E8E #CAE66E #6EE6C6

square

#8A6EE6 #E66E8E #CAE66E #6EE6C6

split-complementary

#8A6EE6 #E6C66E #8EE66E

monochromatic

#4420BA #603ADD #8A6EE6 #B4A2EF #DED6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A6EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8A6EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EE6

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EE6	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3984EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7187A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.175 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b198ee',
    500: '#8a6ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ee6;
$custom-light: #b198ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62199,
    "c": 0.17468,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EE6

secondary

#E2EBC5

accent

#D313A6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EE6

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

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