#8A60AE#8A60AE

#8A60AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.124 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A60AE
RGB	rgb(138, 96, 174)
HSL	hsl(272, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 45%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 44.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 32.37, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 47.89, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.076 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.124 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3026, 16.8252, 42.1089)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A60AE #84AE60

analogous

#6360AE #8A60AE #AE60AB

triadic

#8A60AE #AE8A60 #60AE8A

tetradic

#8A60AE #AE6360 #84AE60 #60ABAE

square

#8A60AE #AE6360 #84AE60 #60ABAE

split-complementary

#8A60AE #ABAE60 #60AE63

monochromatic

#4C3262 #6B468A #8A60AE #A889C3 #C6B1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8A60AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8A60AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A60AE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A60AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A60AE	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D70B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5873AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a60ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 96, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.124 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8ec6',
    500: '#8a60ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a60ae;
$custom-light: #ae8ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a60ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56525,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A60AE

secondary

#B4C6A4

accent

#C95F90

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A60AE

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

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