#8A6CC5#8A6CC5

#8A6CC5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.134 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6CC5
RGB	rgb(138, 108, 197)
HSL	hsl(260, 43%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(260, 45%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 45.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 31.06, -42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 52.51, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.0625 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.134 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9194, 20.1594, 55.3381)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6CC5 #A7C56C

analogous

#6C7AC5 #8A6CC5 #B76CC5

triadic

#8A6CC5 #C58A6C #6CC58A

tetradic

#8A6CC5 #C56C7A #A7C56C #6CC5B7

square

#8A6CC5 #C56C7A #A7C56C #6CC5B7

split-complementary

#8A6CC5 #C5B76C #7AC56C

monochromatic

#4E3483 #6945AF #8A6CC5 #AD98D6 #D0C4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#8A6CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#8A6CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6CC5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6CC5	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#517CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 108, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.134 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96d7',
    500: '#8a6cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6cc5;
$custom-light: #ae96d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.225,
    "s": 43.415,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59892,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6CC5

secondary

#CCD8B5

accent

#D355A9

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6CC5

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

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