#8B6BDD#8B6BDD

#8B6BDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.167 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6BDD
RGB	rgb(139, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(257, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 38.17, -54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 66.21, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.0676 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.167 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9529, 21.2242, 70.9638)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6BDD #BDDD6B

analogous

#6B84DD #8B6BDD #C46BDD

triadic

#8B6BDD #DD8B6B #6BDD8B

tetradic

#8B6BDD #DD6B84 #BDDD6B #6BDDC4

square

#8B6BDD #DD6B84 #BDDD6B #6BDDC4

split-complementary

#8B6BDD #DDC46B #84DD6B

monochromatic

#4B26A7 #6439D2 #8B6BDD #B29DE8 #D9CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8B6BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8B6BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B6BDD

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B6BDD	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	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)

#3D80E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77829A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.167 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b196e8',
    500: '#8b6bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6bdd;
$custom-light: #b196e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.842,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61221,
    "c": 0.16744,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6BDD

secondary

#DBE6BE

accent

#CA1B99

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6BDD

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

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