#8A63AA#8A63AA

#8A63AA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.114 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A63AA
RGB	rgb(138, 99, 170)
HSL	hsl(273, 29%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 42%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 41.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 29.69, -32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 43.77, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.0709 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.114 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1974, 17.2295, 40.1787)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A63AA #83AA63

analogous

#6663AA #8A63AA #AA63A6

triadic

#8A63AA #AA8A63 #63AA8A

tetradic

#8A63AA #AA6663 #83AA63 #63A6AA

square

#8A63AA #AA6663 #83AA63 #63A6AA

split-complementary

#8A63AA #A6AA63 #63AA66

monochromatic

#4B345F #6B4987 #8A63AA #A88BC0 #C5B2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8A63AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8A63AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A63AA

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A63AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A63AA	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5472AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D74A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#866E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a63aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 99, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.114 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad90c3',
    500: '#8a63aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a63aa;
$custom-light: #ad90c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a63aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.958,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56844,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A63AA

secondary

#B3C4A5

accent

#C6628F

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A63AA

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

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