#8A6DA2#8A6DA2

#8A6DA2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.086 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DA2
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 162)
HSL	hsl(273, 22%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 32.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 21.98, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 32.73, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0538 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.086 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4703, 18.9494, 36.6493)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DA2 #85A26D

analogous

#6F6DA2 #8A6DA2 #A26D9F

triadic

#8A6DA2 #A28A6D #6DA28A

tetradic

#8A6DA2 #A26F6D #85A26D #6D9FA2

square

#8A6DA2 #A26F6D #85A26D #6D9FA2

split-complementary

#8A6DA2 #9FA26D #6DA26F

monochromatic

#4C3A5B #6B5280 #8A6DA2 #A892BA #C6B8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A6DA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A6DA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DA2

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DA2	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6377A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6979A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6da2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.086 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97bd',
    500: '#8a6da2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6da2;
$custom-light: #ad97bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6da2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 22.176,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58305,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DA2

secondary

#B4C1AA

accent

#BF6990

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DA2

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

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