#8A6EA8#8A6EA8

#8A6EA8 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EA8
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 168)
HSL	hsl(269, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 34.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 22.77, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 35.30, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% 0.0539 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.092 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1237, 19.3824, 39.5612)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EA8 #8CA86E

analogous

#6E6FA8 #8A6EA8 #A76EA8

triadic

#8A6EA8 #A88A6E #6EA88A

tetradic

#8A6EA8 #A86E6F #8CA86E #6EA8A7

square

#8A6EA8 #A86E6F #8CA86E #6EA8A7

split-complementary

#8A6EA8 #A8A76E #6FA86E

monochromatic

#4D3A61 #6B5188 #8A6EA8 #A994BF #C8BBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8A6EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8A6EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EA8

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EA8	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6279AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98c2',
    500: '#8a6ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ea8;
$custom-light: #ad98c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58773,
    "c": 0.09185,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EA8

secondary

#B9C5AD

accent

#C16695

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EA8

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

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