#8A6EB5#8A6EB5

#8A6EB5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.109 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6EB5
RGB	rgb(138, 110, 181)
HSL	hsl(264, 32%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(264, 39%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 39.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 25.89, -33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 42.42, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0569 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.109 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3958, 19.8913, 46.2613)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6EB5 #99B56E

analogous

#6E76B5 #8A6EB5 #AE6EB5

triadic

#8A6EB5 #B58A6E #6EB58A

tetradic

#8A6EB5 #B56E76 #99B56E #6EB5AE

square

#8A6EB5 #B56E76 #99B56E #6EB5AE

split-complementary

#8A6EB5 #B5AE6E #76B56E

monochromatic

#4F3970 #6B4E98 #8A6EB5 #AB97CA #CBBFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8A6EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#8A6EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6EB5

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6EB5	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 110, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.109 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98cb',
    500: '#8a6eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6eb5;
$custom-light: #ad98cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.662,
    "s": 32.42,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59407,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6EB5

secondary

#C2CEB1

accent

#C95F9F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6EB5

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

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