#8A6EA5#8A6EA5

#8A6EA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.088 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EA5
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 165)
HSL	hsl(271, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 33%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 22.08, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 33.67, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.0531 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.088 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8474, 19.2719, 38.1062)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EA5 #89A56E

analogous

#6F6EA5 #8A6EA5 #A56EA5

triadic

#8A6EA5 #A58A6E #6EA58A

tetradic

#8A6EA5 #A56F6E #89A56E #6EA5A5

square

#8A6EA5 #A56F6E #89A56E #6EA5A5

split-complementary

#8A6EA5 #A5A56E #6EA56F

monochromatic

#4D3A5E #6B5284 #8A6EA5 #A894BC #C7BAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A6EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8A6EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EA5

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EA5	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)

#6378A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.088 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98c0',
    500: '#8a6ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ea5;
$custom-light: #ad98c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.545,
    "s": 23.404,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58633,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EA5

secondary

#B7C3AC

accent

#C06893

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EA5

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

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