#8A659D#8A659D

#8A659D is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.094 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A659D
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 157)
HSL	hsl(280, 22%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(280, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 35.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 25.55, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 35.53, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.0649 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.094 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2197, 17.1453, 34.0833)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A659D #789D65

analogous

#6E659D #8A659D #9D6594

triadic

#8A659D #9D8A65 #659D8A

tetradic

#8A659D #9D6E65 #789D65 #65949D

square

#8A659D #9D6E65 #789D65 #65949D

split-complementary

#8A659D #949D65 #659D6E

monochromatic

#493553 #694D78 #8A659D #A68AB5 #C3B0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8A659D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8A659D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A659D

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A659D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A659D	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C719F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64749B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a659d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.094 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad91ba',
    500: '#8a659d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a659d;
$custom-light: #ad91ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a659d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56573,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A659D

secondary

#ABBBA2

accent

#BF6986

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A659D

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

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