#8A6BC2#8A6BC2

#8A6BC2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.132 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BC2
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 194)
HSL	hsl(261, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(261, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 44.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 30.88, -41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 51.52, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.0635 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.132 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4742, 19.8135, 53.5108)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BC2 #A3C26B

analogous

#6B78C2 #8A6BC2 #B66BC2

triadic

#8A6BC2 #C28A6B #6BC28A

tetradic

#8A6BC2 #C26B78 #A3C26B #6BC2B6

square

#8A6BC2 #C26B78 #A3C26B #6BC2B6

split-complementary

#8A6BC2 #C2B66B #78C26B

monochromatic

#4F347E #6A46AA #8A6BC2 #AC96D4 #CFC2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#8A6BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#8A6BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BC2

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BC2	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#517BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.132 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96d5',
    500: '#8a6bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bc2;
$custom-light: #ae96d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.379,
    "s": 41.627,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59548,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BC2

secondary

#C9D5B3

accent

#D156A6

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BC2

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

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