#8A6AA6#8A6AA6

#8A6AA6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.096 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AA6
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 166)
HSL	hsl(272, 25%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 36%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 36.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 24.66, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 36.92, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.0594 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.096 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5169, 18.4647, 38.4468)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AA6 #86A66A

analogous

#6C6AA6 #8A6AA6 #A66AA4

triadic

#8A6AA6 #A68A6A #6AA68A

tetradic

#8A6AA6 #A66C6A #86A66A #6AA4A6

square

#8A6AA6 #A66C6A #86A66A #6AA4A6

split-complementary

#8A6AA6 #A4A66A #6AA66C

monochromatic

#4C385E #6B4F84 #8A6AA6 #A890BD #C6B7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8A6AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8A6AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AA6

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AA6	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E76A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6578A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.096 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad95c0',
    500: '#8a6aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6aa6;
$custom-light: #ad95c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 25.21,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57925,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AA6

secondary

#B5C3A9

accent

#C26691

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AA6

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

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