#8A6D97#8A6D97

#8A6D97 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.071 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D97
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 151)
HSL	hsl(281, 17%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(281, 28%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 19.53, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 26.88, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.0506 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.071 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5349, 18.5753, 31.7231)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D97 #7A976D

analogous

#756D97 #8A6D97 #976D8F

triadic

#8A6D97 #978A6D #6D978A

tetradic

#8A6D97 #97756D #7A976D #6D8F97

square

#8A6D97 #97756D #7A976D #6D8F97

split-complementary

#8A6D97 #8F976D #6D9775

monochromatic

#493950 #6A5374 #8A6D97 #A791B0 #C3B4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8A6D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8A6D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6D97

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6D97	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89727C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.071 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac97b5',
    500: '#8a6d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d97;
$custom-light: #ac97b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.429,
    "s": 16.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57822,
    "c": 0.07137,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D97

secondary

#ACB9A7

accent

#BA6E86

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D97

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

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