#8A6D99#8A6D99

#8A6D99 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.074 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6D99
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 153)
HSL	hsl(280, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(280, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 28.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 19.97, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 27.93, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.0512 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.074 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6987, 18.6408, 32.5858)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6D99 #7C996D

analogous

#746D99 #8A6D99 #996D92

triadic

#8A6D99 #998A6D #6D998A

tetradic

#8A6D99 #99746D #7C996D #6D9299

square

#8A6D99 #99746D #7C996D #6D9299

split-complementary

#8A6D99 #92996D #6D9974

monochromatic

#4A3952 #6A5376 #8A6D99 #A791B2 #C4B5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8A6D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8A6D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6D99

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6D99	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67769B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89727D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.074 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac97b7',
    500: '#8a6d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6d99;
$custom-light: #ac97b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 17.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57907,
    "c": 0.07391,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6D99

secondary

#AEBBA7

accent

#BA6D88

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6D99

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

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