#8A6EA0#8A6EA0

#8A6EA0 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.081 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EA0
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 160)
HSL	hsl(274, 21%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 31%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 31.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 20.93, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 30.97, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.0517 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.081 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4012, 19.0934, 35.7562)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EA0 #84A06E

analogous

#716EA0 #8A6EA0 #A06E9D

triadic

#8A6EA0 #A08A6E #6EA08A

tetradic

#8A6EA0 #A0716E #84A06E #6E9DA0

square

#8A6EA0 #A0716E #84A06E #6E9DA0

split-complementary

#8A6EA0 #9DA06E #6EA071

monochromatic

#4C3A59 #6B537E #8A6EA0 #A893B8 #C6B8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A6EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8A6EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EA0

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EA0	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6578A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.081 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98bc',
    500: '#8a6ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ea0;
$custom-light: #ad98bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 20.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58406,
    "c": 0.08118,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EA0

secondary

#B4C0AA

accent

#BD6A8F

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EA0

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

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