#8B6EC5#8B6EC5

#8B6EC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.131 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6EC5
RGB	rgb(139, 110, 197)
HSL	hsl(260, 43%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(260, 44%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 44.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, 30.17, -41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 51.25, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.061 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.131 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2990, 20.6718, 55.4170)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6EC5 #A8C56E

analogous

#6E7CC5 #8B6EC5 #B66EC5

triadic

#8B6EC5 #C58B6E #6EC58B

tetradic

#8B6EC5 #C56E7C #A8C56E #6EC5B6

square

#8B6EC5 #C56E7C #A8C56E #6EC5B6

split-complementary

#8B6EC5 #C5B66E #7CC56E

monochromatic

#4F3584 #6946B0 #8B6EC5 #AE9AD6 #D1C5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#8B6EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#8B6EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B6EC5

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B6EC5	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 110, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.131 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af98d7',
    500: '#8b6ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6ec5;
$custom-light: #af98d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60345,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6EC5

secondary

#CDD8B7

accent

#B63089

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#110D14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6EC5

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

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