#8A6BAD#8A6BAD

#8A6BAD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.104 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BAD
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 173)
HSL	hsl(268, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 38%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 38.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 25.72, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 40.04, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.0596 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.104 305)
XYZ	xyz(23.2802, 18.9359, 41.9556)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BAD #8EAD6B

analogous

#6B6DAD #8A6BAD #AB6BAD

triadic

#8A6BAD #AD8A6B #6BAD8A

tetradic

#8A6BAD #AD6B6D #8EAD6B #6BADAB

square

#8A6BAD #AD6B6D #8EAD6B #6BADAB

split-complementary

#8A6BAD #ADAB6B #6DAD6B

monochromatic

#4D3865 #6B4E8D #8A6BAD #A992C3 #C8BAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8A6BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A6BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BAD

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BAD	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	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)

#5C78B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6379AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.104 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad95c5',
    500: '#8a6bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bad;
$custom-light: #ad95c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.182,
    "s": 28.696,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5845,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.18936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BAD

secondary

#BBC8AC

accent

#C56397

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BAD

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

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