#8A6DBC#8A6DBC

#8A6DBC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.121 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DBC
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 188)
HSL	hsl(262, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(262, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 42%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 28.20, -37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 46.92, 306.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.0597 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.121 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0249, 19.9713, 50.1036)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DBC #9FBC6D

analogous

#6D77BC #8A6DBC #B16DBC

triadic

#8A6DBC #BC8A6D #6DBC8A

tetradic

#8A6DBC #BC6D77 #9FBC6D #6DBCB1

square

#8A6DBC #BC6D77 #9FBC6D #6DBCB1

split-complementary

#8A6DBC #BCB16D #77BC6D

monochromatic

#4F3778 #6A4AA2 #8A6DBC #AC97CF #CDC1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8A6DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#8A6DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DBC

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DBC	1.00	4.20	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#587BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.121 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97d0',
    500: '#8a6dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dbc;
$custom-light: #ae97d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.025,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59585,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DBC

secondary

#C7D2B3

accent

#CD5BA3

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DBC

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

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