#8A6CA8#8A6CA8

#8A6CA8 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.095 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CA8
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 168)
HSL	hsl(270, 26%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 36%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 35.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 23.95, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 36.65, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.0569 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.095 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9103, 18.9557, 39.4901)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CA8 #8AA86C

analogous

#6C6CA8 #8A6CA8 #A86CA8

triadic

#8A6CA8 #A88A6C #6CA88A

tetradic

#8A6CA8 #A86C6C #8AA86C #6CA8A8

square

#8A6CA8 #A86C6C #8AA86C #6CA8A8

split-complementary

#8A6CA8 #A8A86C #6CA86C

monochromatic

#4D3960 #6B5087 #8A6CA8 #A992BF #C7B9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A6CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A6CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CA8

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CA8	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6077AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6679A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.095 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96c2',
    500: '#8a6ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ca8;
$custom-light: #ad96c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 25.641,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58395,
    "c": 0.09541,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CA8

secondary

#B8C5AB

accent

#C26694

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CA8

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

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