#8A6CA3#8A6CA3

#8A6CA3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.089 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CA3
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 163)
HSL	hsl(273, 23%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 34%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 33.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 22.79, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 33.94, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.0556 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.089 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4534, 18.7730, 37.0839)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CA3 #85A36C

analogous

#6E6CA3 #8A6CA3 #A36CA1

triadic

#8A6CA3 #A38A6C #6CA38A

tetradic

#8A6CA3 #A36E6C #85A36C #6CA1A3

square

#8A6CA3 #A36E6C #85A36C #6CA1A3

split-complementary

#8A6CA3 #A1A36C #6CA36E

monochromatic

#4C395B #6B5181 #8A6CA3 #A892BB #C6B7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8A6CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8A6CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CA3

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CA3	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6277A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6878A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.089 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96be',
    500: '#8a6ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ca3;
$custom-light: #ad96be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 23.013,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58161,
    "c": 0.08878,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CA3

secondary

#B4C1AA

accent

#C06890

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CA3

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

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