#8A6DB0#8A6DB0

#8A6DB0 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.104 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DB0
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 176)
HSL	hsl(266, 30%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 38%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 38.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 25.26, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 40.34, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.0573 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.104 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7847, 19.4752, 43.5719)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DB0 #93B06D

analogous

#6D71B0 #8A6DB0 #AB6DB0

triadic

#8A6DB0 #B08A6D #6DB08A

tetradic

#8A6DB0 #B06D71 #93B06D #6DB0AB

square

#8A6DB0 #B06D71 #93B06D #6DB0AB

split-complementary

#8A6DB0 #B0AB6D #71B06D

monochromatic

#4E396A #6B4F91 #8A6DB0 #AA95C5 #CABCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8A6DB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#8A6DB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DB0

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DB0	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E79B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6db0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.104 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97c8',
    500: '#8a6db0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6db0;
$custom-light: #ad97c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6db0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.97,
    "s": 29.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5897,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DB0

secondary

#BECAAF

accent

#C6629B

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DB0

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

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