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#8A63EE — Light Vivid Purple

#8A63EE is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color SlateBlue (#6A5ACD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: slateblue (#6A5ACD) — not an exact match. CSS slateblue gives you #6A5ACD, a different color; use #8A63EE when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#8A63EE is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C6EE63; it also sits naturally between #6381EE and #D063EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#8A63EE · RGB 138, 99, 238

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Color values

HEX#8A63EE
RGB138, 99, 238
HSL257°, 80%, 66%
HSV257°, 58%, 93%
CMYK42%, 58%, 0%, 7%
XYZ30.38, 20.50, 83.24
Yxy20.50, 0.2265, 0.1528
CIE-Lab52.40, 47.03, -64.95
Hunter Lab45.28, 43.62, -82.85

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 54% · Green 39% · Blue 93%

Cyan 42% · Magenta 58% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #8A63EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #8A63EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #8A63EE

.text { color: #8A63EE; }
.background { background-color: #8A63EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #8A63EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(138, 99, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(257, 80%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #8A63EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(138, 99, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #8A63EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(138, 99, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#8A63EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#8A63EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #8A63EE

#7647EB#612CE8#4E18D8#4415BC#3A12A1#300F85#260C6A#1B0849#11052E#070212

Tints of #8A63EE

#9571EF#9F7EF1#A98CF2#B39AF4#BEA8F5#C8B6F7#D2C3F8#DDD1FA#E7DFFB#F1EDFD

Tones of #8A63EE

#8E6CE4#9377DA#9780D0#9C8BC6#A094BC#A49FB2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C6EE63:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.12:1 AA large only
Against black text5.10:1 AA

Best text color on #8A63EE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #8A63EE

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #8A63EE: ·

How #8A63EE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #7979CCDeuteranopia · #7B7EC4Tritanopia · #88B2AC

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind indigo 500 · #6366F1

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #8A63EE rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Cinder
#5711A0 · #8B5FEE · #9DEB4A · #BFEE9E
Amber Solace
#719D13 · #C5EE74 · #8B5EEB · #C6A7EE
Tender Ruby Dusk
#631FBC · #875CE4 · #81CA22 · #C7E79D
Electric Ruby Opal
#68E7A9 · #3ED5E1 · #3167C8 · #856CE5
Smoky Ruby Mosaic
#4C1084 · #966EED · #7ADE1B · #D2F0AD
Golden Ruby Drift
#1968B8 · #2945D9 · #8771E5 · #9D51DF

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#8B5FEE#8B5EEB#875CE4#856CE5#966EED#8771E5#8B5DFF#865DFF#7A6DEA#7760F0#8752E4#8F53E3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #8A63ED  ·  #8A63EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #8A63EE?

#8A63EE is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 138, 99, 238). Its closest standard named color is SlateBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #8A63EE?

#8A63EE is RGB 138, 99, 238 — HSL 257°, 80%, 66% — CMYK 42%, 58%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #8A63EE?

Its complement is #C6EE63; analogous partners are #6381EE and #D063EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #8A63EE for text?

Black text on #8A63EE has a contrast ratio of 5.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.12:1.