#8A6EA3#8A6EA3

#8A6EA3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.085 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EA3
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 163)
HSL	hsl(272, 22%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 32.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 21.62, -24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 32.58, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.0525 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.085 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6668, 19.1997, 37.1550)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EA3 #87A36E

analogous

#6F6EA3 #8A6EA3 #A36EA1

triadic

#8A6EA3 #A38A6E #6EA38A

tetradic

#8A6EA3 #A36F6E #87A36E #6EA1A3

square

#8A6EA3 #A36F6E #87A36E #6EA1A3

split-complementary

#8A6EA3 #A1A36E #6EA36F

monochromatic

#4C3A5C #6B5282 #8A6EA3 #A893BB #C6B9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8A6EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8A6EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EA3

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EA3	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6478A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.085 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98be',
    500: '#8a6ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ea3;
$custom-light: #ad98be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 22.363,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58542,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EA3

secondary

#B6C2AB

accent

#BF6991

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EA3

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

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