#8A659E#8A659E

#8A659E is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.095 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A659E
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 158)
HSL	hsl(279, 23%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(279, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 36.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 25.78, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 36.06, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.0652 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.095 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3055, 17.1796, 34.5348)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A659E #799E65

analogous

#6D659E #8A659E #9E6595

triadic

#8A659E #9E8A65 #659E8A

tetradic

#8A659E #9E6D65 #799E65 #65959E

square

#8A659E #9E6D65 #799E65 #65959E

split-complementary

#8A659E #959E65 #659E6D

monochromatic

#493554 #6A4C79 #8A659E #A78BB6 #C3B0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8A659E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8A659E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A659E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A659E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A659E	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B71A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64749C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a659e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.095 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad91bb',
    500: '#8a659e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a659e;
$custom-light: #ad91bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a659e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.947,
    "s": 22.709,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56619,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A659E

secondary

#ACBCA3

accent

#BF6987

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A659E

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

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