#8A6CA5#8A6CA5

#8A6CA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.091 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CA5
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 165)
HSL	hsl(272, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 35%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 34.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 23.25, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 35.02, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.0561 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.091 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6340, 18.8452, 38.0351)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CA5 #87A56C

analogous

#6D6CA5 #8A6CA5 #A56CA3

triadic

#8A6CA5 #A58A6C #6CA58A

tetradic

#8A6CA5 #A56D6C #87A56C #6CA3A5

square

#8A6CA5 #A56D6C #87A56C #6CA3A5

split-complementary

#8A6CA5 #A3A56C #6CA56D

monochromatic

#4C395D #6B5083 #8A6CA5 #A892BC #C6B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8A6CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8A6CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CA5

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CA5	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6177A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6779A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.091 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96c0',
    500: '#8a6ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ca5;
$custom-light: #ad96c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 24.051,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58253,
    "c": 0.09143,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CA5

secondary

#B6C3AA

accent

#C16792

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CA5

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

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