#8A6EA1#8A6EA1

#8A6EA1 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.083 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EA1
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 161)
HSL	hsl(273, 21%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 32%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 21.16, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 31.50, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.052 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.083 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4890, 19.1286, 36.2187)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EA1 #85A16E

analogous

#706EA1 #8A6EA1 #A16E9E

triadic

#8A6EA1 #A18A6E #6EA18A

tetradic

#8A6EA1 #A1706E #85A16E #6E9EA1

square

#8A6EA1 #A1706E #85A16E #6E9EA1

split-complementary

#8A6EA1 #9EA16E #6EA170

monochromatic

#4C3A5A #6B537F #8A6EA1 #A893B9 #C6B8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8A6EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A6EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EA1

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EA1	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6578A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.083 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98bd',
    500: '#8a6ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ea1;
$custom-light: #ad98bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.941,
    "s": 21.339,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58451,
    "c": 0.0825,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EA1

secondary

#B4C0AA

accent

#BE6A90

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EA1

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

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