#8A6CA4#8A6CA4

#8A6CA4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CA4
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 164)
HSL	hsl(272, 24%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 34%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 23.02, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 34.48, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0559 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.09 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5434, 18.8089, 37.5576)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CA4 #86A46C

analogous

#6E6CA4 #8A6CA4 #A46CA2

triadic

#8A6CA4 #A48A6C #6CA48A

tetradic

#8A6CA4 #A46E6C #86A46C #6CA2A4

square

#8A6CA4 #A46E6C #86A46C #6CA2A4

split-complementary

#8A6CA4 #A2A46C #6CA46E

monochromatic

#4C395C #6B5182 #8A6CA4 #A892BB #C6B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8A6CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8A6CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CA4

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CA4	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6177A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6879A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96bf',
    500: '#8a6ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ca4;
$custom-light: #ad96bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58207,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CA4

secondary

#B5C2AA

accent

#C06891

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CA4

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

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