#8A6DA7#8A6DA7

#8A6DA7 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.092 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DA7
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 167)
HSL	hsl(270, 25%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 35%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 34.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 23.13, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 35.43, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.0551 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.092 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9236, 19.1307, 39.0367)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DA7 #8AA76D

analogous

#6D6DA7 #8A6DA7 #A76DA7

triadic

#8A6DA7 #A78A6D #6DA78A

tetradic

#8A6DA7 #A76D6D #8AA76D #6DA7A7

square

#8A6DA7 #A76D6D #8AA76D #6DA7A7

split-complementary

#8A6DA7 #A7A76D #6DA76D

monochromatic

#4D3A60 #6B5186 #8A6DA7 #A993BE #C7B9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8A6DA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A6DA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DA7

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DA7	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6178A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6779A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6da7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.092 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97c1',
    500: '#8a6da7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6da7;
$custom-light: #ad97c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6da7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 24.786,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58536,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DA7

secondary

#B8C4AC

accent

#C16794

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DA7

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

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