#8A6E9D#8A6E9D

#8A6E9D is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.077 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6E9D
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 157)
HSL	hsl(276, 19%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(276, 30%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 29.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 20.26, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 29.36, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.0509 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.077 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1419, 18.9897, 34.3907)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6E9D #819D6E

analogous

#726E9D #8A6E9D #9D6E99

triadic

#8A6E9D #9D8A6E #6E9D8A

tetradic

#8A6E9D #9D726E #819D6E #6E999D

square

#8A6E9D #9D726E #819D6E #6E999D

split-complementary

#8A6E9D #999D6E #6E9D72

monochromatic

#4B3A56 #6B537B #8A6E9D #A793B6 #C5B7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A6E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8A6E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6E9D

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6E9D	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66779F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.077 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac98ba',
    500: '#8a6e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6e9d;
$custom-light: #ac98ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 19.342,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58274,
    "c": 0.07723,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6E9D

secondary

#B1BEA9

accent

#BC6C8C

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6E9D

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

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