#8A6DB3#8A6DB3

#8A6DB3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.108 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DB3
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 179)
HSL	hsl(265, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(265, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 39.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 25.99, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 41.99, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.0579 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.108 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0848, 19.5952, 45.1525)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DB3 #96B36D

analogous

#6D73B3 #8A6DB3 #AD6DB3

triadic

#8A6DB3 #B38A6D #6DB38A

tetradic

#8A6DB3 #B36D73 #96B36D #6DB3AD

square

#8A6DB3 #B36D73 #96B36D #6DB3AD

split-complementary

#8A6DB3 #B3AD6D #73B36D

monochromatic

#4E396D #6B4E95 #8A6DB3 #AA95C8 #CBBDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8A6DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8A6DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DB3

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DB3	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.108 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97ca',
    500: '#8a6db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6db3;
$custom-light: #ad97ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.857,
    "s": 31.532,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5912,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DB3

secondary

#C0CCB0

accent

#C8609D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DB3

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

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