#8A6CB2#8A6CB2

#8A6CB2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.109 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CB2
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 178)
HSL	hsl(266, 31%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 39.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 26.33, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 42.10, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.0592 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.109 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8780, 19.3428, 44.5864)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CB2 #94B26C

analogous

#6C71B2 #8A6CB2 #AD6CB2

triadic

#8A6CB2 #B28A6C #6CB28A

tetradic

#8A6CB2 #B26C71 #94B26C #6CB2AD

square

#8A6CB2 #B26C71 #94B26C #6CB2AD

split-complementary

#8A6CB2 #B2AD6C #71B26C

monochromatic

#4E386B #6B4D94 #8A6CB2 #AA94C7 #CABCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8A6CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8A6CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CB2

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CB2	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B79B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.109 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96c9',
    500: '#8a6cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cb2;
$custom-light: #ad96c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58885,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CB2

secondary

#BFCBAE

accent

#C7609B

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CB2

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

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