#8A6DA5#8A6DA5

#8A6DA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.090 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DA5
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 165)
HSL	hsl(271, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 34%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 33.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 22.67, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 34.35, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.0546 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.09 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7401, 19.0573, 38.0705)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DA5 #88A56D

analogous

#6E6DA5 #8A6DA5 #A56DA4

triadic

#8A6DA5 #A58A6D #6DA58A

tetradic

#8A6DA5 #A56E6D #88A56D #6DA4A5

square

#8A6DA5 #A56E6D #88A56D #6DA4A5

split-complementary

#8A6DA5 #A4A56D #6DA56E

monochromatic

#4C3A5E #6B5184 #8A6DA5 #A893BC #C7B9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A6DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8A6DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DA5

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DA5	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6278A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6879A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.090 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97c0',
    500: '#8a6da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6da5;
$custom-light: #ad97c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.071,
    "s": 23.729,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58443,
    "c": 0.08962,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DA5

secondary

#B6C3AB

accent

#C06892

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DA5

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

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