#8A6D96#8A6D96

#8A6D96 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.070 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D96
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 150)
HSL	hsl(282, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(282, 27%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 27.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 19.31, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 26.36, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.0503 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.07 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4541, 18.5429, 31.2972)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D96 #79966D

analogous

#756D96 #8A6D96 #966D8D

triadic

#8A6D96 #968A6D #6D968A

tetradic

#8A6D96 #96756D #79966D #6D8D96

square

#8A6D96 #96756D #79966D #6D8D96

split-complementary

#8A6D96 #8D966D #6D9675

monochromatic

#49394F #6A5373 #8A6D96 #A791B0 #C3B4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8A6D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8A6D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6D96

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6D96	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.070 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac97b5',
    500: '#8a6d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d96;
$custom-light: #ac97b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.439,
    "s": 16.335,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5778,
    "c": 0.0701,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D96

secondary

#ACB9A6

accent

#B96F84

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D96

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

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