#8A6CBB#8A6CBB

#8A6CBB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.121 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CBB
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 187)
HSL	hsl(263, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(263, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 42.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 28.54, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 47.03, 307.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.0609 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.121 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8114, 19.7161, 49.5025)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CBB #9DBB6C

analogous

#6C75BB #8A6CBB #B16CBB

triadic

#8A6CBB #BB8A6C #6CBB8A

tetradic

#8A6CBB #BB6C75 #9DBB6C #6CBBB1

square

#8A6CBB #BB6C75 #9DBB6C #6CBBB1

split-complementary

#8A6CBB #BBB16C #75BB6C

monochromatic

#4F3776 #6B4AA0 #8A6CBB #AB96CE #CDC0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8A6CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8A6CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CBB

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CBB	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#577ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.121 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96d0',
    500: '#8a6cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cbb;
$custom-light: #ae96d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.785,
    "s": 36.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5935,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CBB

secondary

#C5D1B2

accent

#CD5BA2

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CBB

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

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