#8A6BB2#8A6BB2

#8A6BB2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.111 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BB2
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 178)
HSL	hsl(266, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 40%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 39.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 26.92, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 42.77, 309.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.0606 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.111 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7731, 19.1331, 44.5515)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BB2 #93B26B

analogous

#6B6FB2 #8A6BB2 #AD6BB2

triadic

#8A6BB2 #B28A6B #6BB28A

tetradic

#8A6BB2 #B26B6F #93B26B #6BB2AD

square

#8A6BB2 #B26B6F #93B26B #6BB2AD

split-complementary

#8A6BB2 #B2AD6B #6FB26B

monochromatic

#4E386B #6B4D93 #8A6BB2 #AA93C7 #CABCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8A6BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A6BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BB2

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BB2	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A78B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6179B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.111 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96c9',
    500: '#8a6bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bb2;
$custom-light: #ad96c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.197,
    "s": 31.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58701,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BB2

secondary

#BECBAE

accent

#C8609A

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BB2

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

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