#8A6BB7#8A6BB7

#8A6BB7 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.117 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BB7
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 183)
HSL	hsl(264, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(264, 42%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 41.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 28.14, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 45.50, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.0616 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.117 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2843, 19.3375, 47.2437)
Luminance	0.1934 (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

#8A6BB7 #98B76B

analogous

#6B72B7 #8A6BB7 #B06BB7

triadic

#8A6BB7 #B78A6B #6BB78A

tetradic

#8A6BB7 #B76B72 #98B76B #6BB7B0

square

#8A6BB7 #B76B72 #98B76B #6BB7B0

split-complementary

#8A6BB7 #B7B06B #72B76B

monochromatic

#4E3771 #6B4B9A #8A6BB7 #AB94CB #CBBDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8A6BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8A6BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BB7

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BB7	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5879BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E79B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.117 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96cd',
    500: '#8a6bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bb7;
$custom-light: #ae96cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.474,
    "s": 34.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58958,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BB7

secondary

#C2CEAF

accent

#CB5D9E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BB7

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

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