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#8A67EB — Light Purple

#8A67EB is a purple color we call Light 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 #8A67EB 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.

#8A67EB 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 #C7EB66; it also sits naturally between #6685EB and #CC66EB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#8A67EB · RGB 138, 103, 235

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Color values

HEX#8A67EB
RGB138, 103, 235
HSL256°, 77%, 66%
HSV256°, 56%, 92%
CMYK41%, 56%, 0%, 8%
XYZ30.33, 21.10, 81.07
Yxy21.10, 0.2289, 0.1593
CIE-Lab53.06, 43.99, -62.20
Hunter Lab45.94, 40.54, -77.87

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 54% · Green 40% · Blue 92%

Cyan 41% · Magenta 56% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #8A67EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #8A67EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #8A67EB

.text { color: #8A67EB; }
.background { background-color: #8A67EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #8A67EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(138, 103, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(256, 77%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #8A67EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(138, 103, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #8A67EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(138, 103, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#8A67EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#8A67EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #8A67EB

#744AE8#602FE4#4D1CD4#4318B9#39159E#2F1183#260D68#1A0948#10062D#070212

Tints of #8A67EB

#9473ED#9E81EF#A88EF0#B39CF2#BDA9F4#C8B7F6#D2C4F7#DCD2F9#E7DFFB#F1EDFD

Tones of #8A67EB

#8E6FE2#9279D8#9682CE#9B8CC5#9F95BB#A49FB2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C7EB66:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.02:1 AA large only
Against black text5.22:1 AA

Best text color on #8A67EB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #8A67EB

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 #8A67EB: ·

How #8A67EB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7B7BCBDeuteranopia · #7D80C3Tritanopia · #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 #8A67EB rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#8B5FEE#8B5EEB#856CE5#8771E5#875CE4#966EED#7A6DEA#8571DE#9564DD#8076EE#9173DF#7868E6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #8A67EA  ·  #8A67EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #8A67EB?

#8A67EB is Light Purple, a purple color (RGB 138, 103, 235). Its closest standard named color is SlateBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #8A67EB?

#8A67EB is RGB 138, 103, 235 — HSL 256°, 77%, 66% — CMYK 41%, 56%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #8A67EB?

Its complement is #C7EB66; analogous partners are #6685EB and #CC66EB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #8A67EB for text?

Black text on #8A67EB has a contrast ratio of 5.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.02:1.