#8A6EA4#8A6EA4

#8A6EA4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.086 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EA4
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 164)
HSL	hsl(271, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 21.85, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 33.13, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.0528 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.086 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7567, 19.2356, 37.6288)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EA4 #88A46E

analogous

#6F6EA4 #8A6EA4 #A46EA3

triadic

#8A6EA4 #A48A6E #6EA48A

tetradic

#8A6EA4 #A46F6E #88A46E #6EA3A4

square

#8A6EA4 #A46F6E #88A46E #6EA3A4

split-complementary

#8A6EA4 #A3A46E #6EA46F

monochromatic

#4C3A5D #6B5283 #8A6EA4 #A894BC #C7B9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A6EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8A6EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EA4

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EA4	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6478A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.086 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98bf',
    500: '#8a6ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ea4;
$custom-light: #ad98bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 22.881,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58587,
    "c": 0.08649,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EA4

secondary

#B6C2AB

accent

#BF6892

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EA4

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

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