#8A6897#8A6897

#8A6897 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.081 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6897
RGB	rgb(138, 104, 151)
HSL	hsl(283, 18%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 31%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 22.47, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 30.35, 317.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.0586 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.081 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0166, 17.5387, 31.5503)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6897 #759768

analogous

#736897 #8A6897 #97688C

triadic

#8A6897 #978A68 #68978A

tetradic

#8A6897 #977368 #759768 #688C97

square

#8A6897 #977368 #759768 #688C97

split-complementary

#8A6897 #8C9768 #689773

monochromatic

#48364F #694F73 #8A6897 #A68CB0 #C2B0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8A6897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8A6897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6897

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6897	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A6E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 104, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.081 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac93b5',
    500: '#8a6897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6897;
$custom-light: #ac93b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.404,
    "s": 18.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56863,
    "c": 0.08081,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6897

secondary

#A9B8A3

accent

#BB6D82

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6897

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

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