#8A6BB9#8A6BB9

#8A6BB9 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.120 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BB9
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 185)
HSL	hsl(264, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(264, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 42.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 28.63, -36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 46.59, 307.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.062 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.12 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4939, 19.4214, 48.3478)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BB9 #9AB96B

analogous

#6B73B9 #8A6BB9 #B16BB9

triadic

#8A6BB9 #B98A6B #6BB98A

tetradic

#8A6BB9 #B96B73 #9AB96B #6BB9B1

square

#8A6BB9 #B96B73 #9AB96B #6BB9B1

split-complementary

#8A6BB9 #B9B16B #73B96B

monochromatic

#4F3673 #6B4A9D #8A6BB9 #AB95CD #CCBEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A6BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8A6BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BB9

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BB9	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	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)

#5679BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.120 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96ce',
    500: '#8a6bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bb9;
$custom-light: #ae96ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.846,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59062,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BB9

secondary

#C3D0B0

accent

#CC5C9F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BB9

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

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