#8A6AA3#8A6AA3

#8A6AA3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.092 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AA3
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 163)
HSL	hsl(274, 24%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 35%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 35%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 23.97, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 35.30, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.0587 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.092 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2449, 18.3559, 37.0144)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AA3 #83A36A

analogous

#6D6AA3 #8A6AA3 #A36A9F

triadic

#8A6AA3 #A38A6A #6AA38A

tetradic

#8A6AA3 #A36D6A #83A36A #6A9FA3

square

#8A6AA3 #A36D6A #83A36A #6A9FA3

split-complementary

#8A6AA3 #9FA36A #6AA36D

monochromatic

#4B385B #6B4F80 #8A6AA3 #A890BA #C5B6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8A6AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8A6AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AA3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AA3	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F75A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6677A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87727F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.092 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad95be',
    500: '#8a6aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6aa3;
$custom-light: #ad95be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.684,
    "s": 23.651,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57783,
    "c": 0.09241,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AA3

secondary

#B3C1A8

accent

#C0688E

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AA3

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

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