#8A649E#8A649E

#8A649E is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.097 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A649E
RGB	rgb(138, 100, 158)
HSL	hsl(279, 23%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(279, 37%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 36.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 26.36, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 36.74, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.0667 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.097 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2090, 16.9866, 34.5026)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A649E #789E64

analogous

#6D649E #8A649E #9E6495

triadic

#8A649E #9E8A64 #649E8A

tetradic

#8A649E #9E6D64 #789E64 #64959E

square

#8A649E #9E6D64 #789E64 #64959E

split-complementary

#8A649E #959E64 #649E6D

monochromatic

#493453 #694C79 #8A649E #A68AB6 #C3AFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8A649E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#8A649E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A649E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A649E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A649E	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A70A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63749C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a649e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 100, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.097 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad90bb',
    500: '#8a649e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a649e;
$custom-light: #ad90bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a649e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 23.016,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56435,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A649E

secondary

#ABBCA2

accent

#C06886

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C11

muted

#7F7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A649E

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

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