#8A6AB5#8A6AB5

#8A6AB5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.116 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6AB5
RGB	rgb(138, 106, 181)
HSL	hsl(266, 34%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 41%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 41.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 28.23, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 45.07, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.0627 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.116 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9740, 19.0475, 46.1206)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6AB5 #95B56A

analogous

#6A70B5 #8A6AB5 #B06AB5

triadic

#8A6AB5 #B58A6A #6AB58A

tetradic

#8A6AB5 #B56A70 #95B56A #6AB5B0

square

#8A6AB5 #B56A70 #95B56A #6AB5B0

split-complementary

#8A6AB5 #B5B06A #70B56A

monochromatic

#4E376E #6B4B97 #8A6AB5 #AA93C9 #CABCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8A6AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8A6AB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6AB5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6AB5	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5778B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E79B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 106, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.116 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad95cb',
    500: '#8a6ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ab5;
$custom-light: #ad95cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.6,
    "s": 33.632,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58672,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6AB5

secondary

#C0CDAE

accent

#CA5E9C

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F1F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6AB5

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

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