#8A6CB5#8A6CB5

#8A6CB5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.113 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CB5
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 181)
HSL	hsl(265, 33%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 40.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 27.06, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 43.74, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.0598 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.113 302)
XYZ	xyz(24.1825, 19.4646, 46.1901)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CB5 #97B56C

analogous

#6C73B5 #8A6CB5 #AF6CB5

triadic

#8A6CB5 #B58A6C #6CB58A

tetradic

#8A6CB5 #B56C73 #97B56C #6CB5AF

square

#8A6CB5 #B56C73 #97B56C #6CB5AF

split-complementary

#8A6CB5 #B5AF6C #73B56C

monochromatic

#4E386F #6B4C98 #8A6CB5 #AA95C9 #CBBDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8A6CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8A6CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CB5

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CB5	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A79B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.113 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96cb',
    500: '#8a6cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cb5;
$custom-light: #ad96cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.658,
    "s": 33.032,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59037,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.19465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CB5

secondary

#C1CDAF

accent

#C95F9D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CB5

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

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