#8A6AB3#8A6AB3

#8A6AB3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.114 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AB3
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 179)
HSL	hsl(266, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 41%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 40.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 27.74, -34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 43.97, 309.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.0623 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.114 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7702, 18.9661, 45.0476)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AB3 #93B36A

analogous

#6A6EB3 #8A6AB3 #AE6AB3

triadic

#8A6AB3 #B38A6A #6AB38A

tetradic

#8A6AB3 #B36A6E #93B36A #6AB3AE

square

#8A6AB3 #B36A6E #93B36A #6AB3AE

split-complementary

#8A6AB3 #B3AE6A #6EB36A

monochromatic

#4E376C #6B4C94 #8A6AB3 #AA93C8 #CABBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A6AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A6AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AB3

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AB3	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5878B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F78B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.114 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad95ca',
    500: '#8a6ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ab3;
$custom-light: #ad95ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.301,
    "s": 32.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58568,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AB3

secondary

#BECCAD

accent

#C95F9A

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F1F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AB3

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

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