#8A6DB6#8A6DB6

#8A6DB6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.112 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DB6
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 182)
HSL	hsl(264, 33%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(264, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 40.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 26.72, -34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 43.63, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.0585 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.112 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3915, 19.7179, 46.7678)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DB6 #99B66D

analogous

#6D75B6 #8A6DB6 #AF6DB6

triadic

#8A6DB6 #B68A6D #6DB68A

tetradic

#8A6DB6 #B66D75 #99B66D #6DB6AF

square

#8A6DB6 #B66D75 #99B66D #6DB6AF

split-complementary

#8A6DB6 #B6AF6D #75B66D

monochromatic

#4F3870 #6B4D99 #8A6DB6 #AB96CA #CBBFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8A6DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8A6DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DB6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DB6	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)

#5B7AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.112 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97cc',
    500: '#8a6db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6db6;
$custom-light: #ad97cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.836,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59273,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DB6

secondary

#C2CEB1

accent

#C95E9F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DB6

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

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