#8A6DBD#8A6DBD

#8A6DBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.122 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6DBD
RGB	rgb(138, 109, 189)
HSL	hsl(262, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(262, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 42.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, 28.45, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 47.47, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.0599 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.122 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1331, 20.0145, 50.6733)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6DBD #A0BD6D

analogous

#6D78BD #8A6DBD #B26DBD

triadic

#8A6DBD #BD8A6D #6DBD8A

tetradic

#8A6DBD #BD6D78 #A0BD6D #6DBDB2

square

#8A6DBD #BD6D78 #A0BD6D #6DBDB2

split-complementary

#8A6DBD #BDB26D #78BD6D

monochromatic

#4F3779 #6A4AA3 #8A6DBD #AC97D0 #CEC1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8A6DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8A6DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6DBD

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6DBD	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#577CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 109, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.122 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97d1',
    500: '#8a6dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6dbd;
$custom-light: #ae97d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.75,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59638,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6DBD

secondary

#C7D3B3

accent

#CE5AA4

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6DBD

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

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