#8A6DA3#8A6DA3

#8A6DA3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.087 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DA3
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 163)
HSL	hsl(272, 23%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 33.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 22.21, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 33.26, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.0541 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.087 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5595, 18.9851, 37.1193)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DA3 #86A36D

analogous

#6F6DA3 #8A6DA3 #A36DA1

triadic

#8A6DA3 #A38A6D #6DA38A

tetradic

#8A6DA3 #A36F6D #86A36D #6DA1A3

square

#8A6DA3 #A36F6D #86A36D #6DA1A3

split-complementary

#8A6DA3 #A1A36D #6DA36F

monochromatic

#4C3A5C #6B5181 #8A6DA3 #A893BB #C6B8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A6DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8A6DA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DA3

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DA3	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6377A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6979A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.087 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97be',
    500: '#8a6da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6da3;
$custom-light: #ad97be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 22.689,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58351,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DA3

secondary

#B5C2AA

accent

#BF6991

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DA3

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

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