#8A6EB4#8A6EB4

#8A6EB4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.108 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EB4
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 180)
HSL	hsl(264, 32%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(264, 39%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 38.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 25.64, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 41.87, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.0567 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.108 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2936, 19.8504, 45.7228)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EB4 #98B46E

analogous

#6E75B4 #8A6EB4 #AD6EB4

triadic

#8A6EB4 #B48A6E #6EB48A

tetradic

#8A6EB4 #B46E75 #98B46E #6EB4AD

square

#8A6EB4 #B46E75 #98B46E #6EB4AD

split-complementary

#8A6EB4 #B4AD6E #75B46E

monochromatic

#4E396E #6B4E97 #8A6EB4 #AB96C9 #CBBFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#8A6EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#8A6EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EB4

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EB4	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.108 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98ca',
    500: '#8a6eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6eb4;
$custom-light: #ad98ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59356,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EB4

secondary

#C2CDB1

accent

#C8609E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EB4

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

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