#8A6BC4#8A6BC4

#8A6BC4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.135 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6BC4
RGB	rgb(138, 107, 196)
HSL	hsl(261, 43%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(261, 45%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 45.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 31.39, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 52.61, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.0638 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.135 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7004, 19.9040, 54.7017)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6BC4 #A5C46B

analogous

#6B79C4 #8A6BC4 #B76BC4

triadic

#8A6BC4 #C48A6B #6BC48A

tetradic

#8A6BC4 #C46B79 #A5C46B #6BC4B7

square

#8A6BC4 #C46B79 #A5C46B #6BC4B7

split-complementary

#8A6BC4 #C4B76B #79C46B

monochromatic

#4F3381 #6945AD #8A6BC4 #AD97D5 #CFC3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8A6BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#8A6BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6BC4

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6BC4	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#507BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 107, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.135 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96d6',
    500: '#8a6bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6bc4;
$custom-light: #ae96d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.899,
    "s": 42.995,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59658,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6BC4

secondary

#CBD7B4

accent

#D355A7

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6BC4

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

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