#8A6DA4#8A6DA4

#8A6DA4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.088 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DA4
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 164)
HSL	hsl(272, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 34%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 33.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 22.44, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 33.80, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.0543 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.088 308)
XYZ	xyz(22.6495, 19.0211, 37.5930)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DA4 #87A46D

analogous

#6E6DA4 #8A6DA4 #A46DA2

triadic

#8A6DA4 #A48A6D #6DA48A

tetradic

#8A6DA4 #A46E6D #87A46D #6DA2A4

square

#8A6DA4 #A46E6D #87A46D #6DA2A4

split-complementary

#8A6DA4 #A2A46D #6DA46E

monochromatic

#4C3A5D #6B5182 #8A6DA4 #A893BB #C6B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8A6DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8A6DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DA4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DA4	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	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)

#6378A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6979A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.088 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97bf',
    500: '#8a6da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6da4;
$custom-light: #ad97bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 23.207,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58397,
    "c": 0.08829,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.19021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DA4

secondary

#B6C2AB

accent

#C06892

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DA4

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

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