#8A6CA6#8A6CA6

#8A6CA6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.093 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CA6
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 166)
HSL	hsl(271, 25%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 35%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 34.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 23.49, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 35.56, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0564 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.093 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7254, 18.8818, 38.5163)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CA6 #88A66C

analogous

#6D6CA6 #8A6CA6 #A66CA5

triadic

#8A6CA6 #A68A6C #6CA68A

tetradic

#8A6CA6 #A66D6C #88A66C #6CA5A6

square

#8A6CA6 #A66D6C #88A66C #6CA5A6

split-complementary

#8A6CA6 #A5A66C #6CA66D

monochromatic

#4C395E #6B5085 #8A6CA6 #A892BD #C7B8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8A6CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8A6CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CA6

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CA6	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6177A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6779A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.093 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96c0',
    500: '#8a6ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ca6;
$custom-light: #ad96c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 24.576,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.583,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CA6

secondary

#B6C3AA

accent

#C16792

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CA6

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

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