#8A66A5#8A66A5

#8A66A5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.102 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A66A5
RGB	rgb(138, 102, 165)
HSL	hsl(274, 26%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 38%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 38.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 26.78, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 39.09, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.0653 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.102 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0229, 17.6229, 37.8314)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A66A5 #81A566

analogous

#6B66A5 #8A66A5 #A566A0

triadic

#8A66A5 #A58A66 #66A58A

tetradic

#8A66A5 #A56B66 #81A566 #66A0A5

square

#8A66A5 #A56B66 #81A566 #66A0A5

split-complementary

#8A66A5 #A0A566 #66A56B

monochromatic

#4B365B #6B4C82 #8A66A5 #A78DBC #C5B3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8A66A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8A66A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A66A5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A66A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A66A5	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A73A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6275A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a66a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 102, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.102 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad92c0',
    500: '#8a66a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a66a5;
$custom-light: #ad92c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a66a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57137,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A66A5

secondary

#B1C1A6

accent

#C2658D

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A66A5

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

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