#8A6EA9#8A6EA9

#8A6EA9 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.093 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EA9
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 169)
HSL	hsl(268, 26%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, 23.01, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 35.84, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.0541 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.093 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2172, 19.4198, 40.0537)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EA9 #8DA96E

analogous

#6E70A9 #8A6EA9 #A86EA9

triadic

#8A6EA9 #A98A6E #6EA98A

tetradic

#8A6EA9 #A96E70 #8DA96E #6EA9A8

square

#8A6EA9 #A96E70 #8DA96E #6EA9A8

split-complementary

#8A6EA9 #A9A86E #70A96E

monochromatic

#4D3A62 #6B5189 #8A6EA9 #A994C0 #C8BBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A6EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8A6EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EA9

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EA9	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	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)

#6279AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.093 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98c2',
    500: '#8a6ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6ea9;
$custom-light: #ad98c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.475,
    "s": 25.541,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5882,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EA9

secondary

#BAC6AD

accent

#C26696

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EA9

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

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