#8B6CF6#8B6CF6

#8B6CF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.198 H 289.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6CF6
RGB	rgb(139, 108, 246)
HSL	hsl(253, 88%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(253, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 56.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 44.38, -65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 78.96, 304.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.0672 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.198 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6399, 22.8668, 89.8649)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6CF6 #D7F66C

analogous

#6C92F6 #8B6CF6 #D06CF6

triadic

#8B6CF6 #F68B6C #6CF68B

tetradic

#8B6CF6 #F66C92 #D7F66C #6CF6D0

square

#8B6CF6 #F66C92 #D7F66C #6CF6D0

split-complementary

#8B6CF6 #F6D06C #92F66C

monochromatic

#3B0DDA #5D32F2 #8B6CF6 #B9A6FA #E6DFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8B6CF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8B6CF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B6CF6

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6CF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B6CF6	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1786FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F80F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B8AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6cf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 108, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.198 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b397fa',
    500: '#8b6cf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6cf6;
$custom-light: #b397fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6cf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.478,
    "s": 88.462,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62998,
    "c": 0.19786,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6CF6

secondary

#EAF3CB

accent

#E500B2

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#120D17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6CF6

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

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