#8A66A6#8A66A6

#8A66A6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.104 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A66A6
RGB	rgb(138, 102, 166)
HSL	hsl(274, 26%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 39%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 38.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 27.01, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 39.62, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.0655 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.104 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1143, 17.6595, 38.3126)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A66A6 #82A666

analogous

#6A66A6 #8A66A6 #A666A2

triadic

#8A66A6 #A68A66 #66A68A

tetradic

#8A66A6 #A66A66 #82A666 #66A2A6

square

#8A66A6 #A66A66 #82A666 #66A2A6

split-complementary

#8A66A6 #A2A666 #66A66A

monochromatic

#4B365C #6B4C83 #8A66A6 #A88DBD #C5B3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8A66A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8A66A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A66A6

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A66A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A66A6	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5973A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6175A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a66a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 102, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.104 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad92c0',
    500: '#8a66a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a66a6;
$custom-light: #ad92c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a66a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 26.446,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57186,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A66A6

secondary

#B2C2A6

accent

#C3658E

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A66A6

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

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