#8A6EA6#8A6EA6

#8A6EA6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.089 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EA6
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 166)
HSL	hsl(270, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 34%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 33.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 22.31, -25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 34.21, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.0533 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.089 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9388, 19.3085, 38.5875)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EA6 #8AA66E

analogous

#6E6EA6 #8A6EA6 #A66EA6

triadic

#8A6EA6 #A68A6E #6EA68A

tetradic

#8A6EA6 #A66E6E #8AA66E #6EA6A6

square

#8A6EA6 #A66E6E #8AA66E #6EA6A6

split-complementary

#8A6EA6 #A6A66E #6EA66E

monochromatic

#4D3A5F #6B5285 #8A6EA6 #A994BD #C7BAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8A6EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8A6EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EA6

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EA6	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6379A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.089 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98c0',
    500: '#8a6ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ea6;
$custom-light: #ad98c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 23.932,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58679,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EA6

secondary

#B8C4AC

accent

#C06794

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EA6

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

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