#8A6AAA#8A6AAA

#8A6AAA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.102 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AAA
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 170)
HSL	hsl(270, 27%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 38%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 37.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 25.59, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 39.08, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.0604 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.102 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8895, 18.6138, 40.4094)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AAA #8AAA6A

analogous

#6A6AAA #8A6AAA #AA6AAA

triadic

#8A6AAA #AA8A6A #6AAA8A

tetradic

#8A6AAA #AA6A6A #8AAA6A #6AAAAA

square

#8A6AAA #AA6A6A #8AAA6A #6AAAAA

split-complementary

#8A6AAA #AAAA6A #6AAA6A

monochromatic

#4D3862 #6B4E89 #8A6AAA #A991C0 #C7B8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8A6AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8A6AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AAA

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AAA	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C76AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6378A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.102 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad95c3',
    500: '#8a6aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6aaa;
$custom-light: #ad95c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 27.35,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58118,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AAA

secondary

#B8C6AA

accent

#C46494

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F1F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AAA

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

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