#8A6F99#8A6F99

#8A6F99 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.070 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6F99
RGB	rgb(138, 111, 153)
HSL	hsl(279, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(279, 27%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 18.79, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 26.55, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0481 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.07 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9145, 19.0724, 32.6577)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6F99 #7E996F

analogous

#756F99 #8A6F99 #996F93

triadic

#8A6F99 #998A6F #6F998A

tetradic

#8A6F99 #99756F #7E996F #6F9399

square

#8A6F99 #99756F #7E996F #6F9399

split-complementary

#8A6F99 #93996F #6F9975

monochromatic

#4A3B53 #6A5477 #8A6F99 #A793B2 #C4B7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A6F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8A6F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6F99

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6F99	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69779B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89747E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 111, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.070 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac98b7',
    500: '#8a6f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6f99;
$custom-light: #ac98b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58296,
    "c": 0.07016,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6F99

secondary

#AFBBA9

accent

#BA6E89

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6F99

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →