#8A6BB5#8A6BB5

#8A6BB5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.115 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BB5
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 181)
HSL	hsl(265, 33%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(265, 41%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 40.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 27.65, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 44.40, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.0612 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.115 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0776, 19.2549, 46.1552)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BB5 #96B56B

analogous

#6B71B5 #8A6BB5 #AF6BB5

triadic

#8A6BB5 #B58A6B #6BB58A

tetradic

#8A6BB5 #B56B71 #96B56B #6BB5AF

square

#8A6BB5 #B56B71 #96B56B #6BB5AF

split-complementary

#8A6BB5 #B5AF6B #71B56B

monochromatic

#4E376E #6B4C97 #8A6BB5 #AA94C9 #CBBDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A6BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8A6BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BB5

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BB5	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5979B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F79B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.115 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96cb',
    500: '#8a6bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bb5;
$custom-light: #ad96cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.135,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58854,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BB5

secondary

#C0CDAF

accent

#C95E9D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BB5

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

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