#8A6DB5#8A6DB5

#8A6DB5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.111 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DB5
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 181)
HSL	hsl(264, 33%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(264, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 39.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 26.47, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 43.08, 307.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.0583 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.111 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2885, 19.6767, 46.2255)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DB5 #98B56D

analogous

#6D74B5 #8A6DB5 #AE6DB5

triadic

#8A6DB5 #B58A6D #6DB58A

tetradic

#8A6DB5 #B56D74 #98B56D #6DB5AE

square

#8A6DB5 #B56D74 #98B56D #6DB5AE

split-complementary

#8A6DB5 #B5AE6D #74B56D

monochromatic

#4E386F #6B4D98 #8A6DB5 #AB96CA #CBBEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8A6DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8A6DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DB5

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DB5	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.111 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97cb',
    500: '#8a6db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6db5;
$custom-light: #ad97cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.167,
    "s": 32.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59222,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DB5

secondary

#C2CEB0

accent

#C95F9E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DB5

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

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