#8A659F#8A659F

#8A659F is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.096 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A659F
RGB	rgb(138, 101, 159)
HSL	hsl(278, 23%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(278, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 36.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 26.00, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 36.58, 315.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.0654 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.096 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3919, 17.2142, 34.9899)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A659F #7A9F65

analogous

#6D659F #8A659F #9F6597

triadic

#8A659F #9F8A65 #659F8A

tetradic

#8A659F #9F6D65 #7A9F65 #65979F

square

#8A659F #9F6D65 #7A9F65 #65979F

split-complementary

#8A659F #979F65 #659F6D

monochromatic

#493555 #6A4C7A #8A659F #A78BB7 #C3B0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8A659F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8A659F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A659F

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A659F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A659F	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)

#5B71A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64749D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a659f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 101, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.096 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad91bb',
    500: '#8a659f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a659f;
$custom-light: #ad91bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a659f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.276,
    "s": 23.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56666,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A659F

secondary

#ACBDA3

accent

#C06888

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A659F

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

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