#8A6CBE#8A6CBE

#8A6CBE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.125 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CBE
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 190)
HSL	hsl(262, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(262, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 43.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 29.29, -38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 48.68, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.0614 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.125 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1359, 19.8460, 51.2116)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CBE #A0BE6C

analogous

#6C77BE #8A6CBE #B36CBE

triadic

#8A6CBE #BE8A6C #6CBE8A

tetradic

#8A6CBE #BE6C77 #A0BE6C #6CBEB3

square

#8A6CBE #BE6C77 #A0BE6C #6CBEB3

split-complementary

#8A6CBE #BEB36C #77BE6C

monochromatic

#4F367A #6A49A4 #8A6CBE #AC96D1 #CEC1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#8A6CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#8A6CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CBE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CBE	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.125 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96d2',
    500: '#8a6cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cbe;
$custom-light: #ae96d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.951,
    "s": 38.679,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5951,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CBE

secondary

#C7D3B3

accent

#CF59A4

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CBE

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

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