#8A6EB2#8A6EB2

#8A6EB2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.105 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EB2
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 178)
HSL	hsl(265, 31%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(265, 38%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 38.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 25.16, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 40.77, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.0562 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.105 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0913, 19.7695, 44.6575)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EB2 #96B26E

analogous

#6E74B2 #8A6EB2 #AC6EB2

triadic

#8A6EB2 #B28A6E #6EB28A

tetradic

#8A6EB2 #B26E74 #96B26E #6EB2AC

square

#8A6EB2 #B26E74 #96B26E #6EB2AC

split-complementary

#8A6EB2 #B2AC6E #74B26E

monochromatic

#4E396C #6B4F94 #8A6EB2 #AA96C7 #CBBEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8A6EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8A6EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EB2

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EB2	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.105 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98c9',
    500: '#8a6eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6eb2;
$custom-light: #ad98c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 30.631,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59256,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EB2

secondary

#C0CCB0

accent

#C7619D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EB2

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

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