#8A6CB1#8A6CB1

#8A6CB1 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.107 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CB1
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 177)
HSL	hsl(266, 31%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 39%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 39%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.04, 26.09, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.04, 41.55, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.059 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.107 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7779, 19.3028, 44.0596)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CB1 #93B16C

analogous

#6C70B1 #8A6CB1 #AC6CB1

triadic

#8A6CB1 #B18A6C #6CB18A

tetradic

#8A6CB1 #B16C70 #93B16C #6CB1AC

square

#8A6CB1 #B16C70 #93B16C #6CB1AC

split-complementary

#8A6CB1 #B1AC6C #70B16C

monochromatic

#4E386A #6B4E92 #8A6CB1 #AA94C6 #CABCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8A6CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8A6CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CB1

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CB1	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C79B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6279AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.107 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96c8',
    500: '#8a6cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cb1;
$custom-light: #ad96c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58835,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CB1

secondary

#BECBAE

accent

#C7619B

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CB1

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

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