#8A6BB8#8A6BB8

#8A6BB8 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.119 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BB8
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 184)
HSL	hsl(264, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(264, 42%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 41.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 28.38, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 46.05, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.0618 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.119 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3887, 19.3793, 47.7938)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BB8 #99B86B

analogous

#6B73B8 #8A6BB8 #B16BB8

triadic

#8A6BB8 #B88A6B #6BB88A

tetradic

#8A6BB8 #B86B73 #99B86B #6BB8B1

square

#8A6BB8 #B86B73 #99B86B #6BB8B1

split-complementary

#8A6BB8 #B8B16B #73B86B

monochromatic

#4F3772 #6B4B9B #8A6BB8 #AB94CC #CBBEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8A6BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8A6BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BB8

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BB8	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5779BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D79B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.119 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96cd',
    500: '#8a6bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bb8;
$custom-light: #ae96cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.156,
    "s": 35.16,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5901,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BB8

secondary

#C2CFB0

accent

#CB5D9F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BB8

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

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