#8A6CBF#8A6CBF

#8A6CBF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.126 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CBF
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 191)
HSL	hsl(262, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(262, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 43.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 29.54, -39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 49.22, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.0616 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.126 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2456, 19.8898, 51.7892)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CBF #A1BF6C

analogous

#6C77BF #8A6CBF #B36CBF

triadic

#8A6CBF #BF8A6C #6CBF8A

tetradic

#8A6CBF #BF6C77 #A1BF6C #6CBFB3

square

#8A6CBF #BF6C77 #A1BF6C #6CBFB3

split-complementary

#8A6CBF #BFB36C #77BF6C

monochromatic

#4F367B #6A48A6 #8A6CBF #AC97D2 #CEC1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8A6CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#8A6CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CBF

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CBF	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557BC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.126 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96d2',
    500: '#8a6cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cbf;
$custom-light: #ae96d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.687,
    "s": 39.336,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59563,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CBF

secondary

#C8D4B3

accent

#CF59A4

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CBF

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

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