#8A6A99#8A6A99

#8A6A99 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.080 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6A99
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 153)
HSL	hsl(281, 19%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(281, 31%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 21.73, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 30.00, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.056 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.08 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3841, 18.0116, 32.4809)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6A99 #79996A

analogous

#726A99 #8A6A99 #996A90

triadic

#8A6A99 #998A6A #6A998A

tetradic

#8A6A99 #99726A #79996A #6A9099

square

#8A6A99 #99726A #79996A #6A9099

split-complementary

#8A6A99 #90996A #6A9972

monochromatic

#493851 #6A5075 #8A6A99 #A78EB2 #C3B3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8A6A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8A6A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6A99

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6A99	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63749B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89707B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.080 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac95b7',
    500: '#8a6a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6a99;
$custom-light: #ac95b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 18.725,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57331,
    "c": 0.07954,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6A99

secondary

#ACBAA5

accent

#BB6C86

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6A99

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

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