#8A6AA2#8A6AA2

#8A6AA2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.091 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AA2
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 162)
HSL	hsl(274, 23%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 35%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 34.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 23.74, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 34.77, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.0584 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.091 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1557, 18.3202, 36.5444)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AA2 #82A26A

analogous

#6E6AA2 #8A6AA2 #A26A9E

triadic

#8A6AA2 #A28A6A #6AA28A

tetradic

#8A6AA2 #A26E6A #82A26A #6A9EA2

square

#8A6AA2 #A26E6A #82A26A #6A9EA2

split-complementary

#8A6AA2 #9EA26A #6AA26E

monochromatic

#4B385A #6B4F7F #8A6AA2 #A890BA #C5B5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8A6AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8A6AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AA2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AA2	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6075A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6777A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87727F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.091 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad95bd',
    500: '#8a6aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6aa2;
$custom-light: #ad95bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 23.14,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57737,
    "c": 0.0911,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AA2

secondary

#B2C0A8

accent

#C0688E

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AA2

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

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