#8A6FA5#8A6FA5

#8A6FA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.086 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6FA5
RGB	rgb(138, 111, 165)
HSL	hsl(270, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 32.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 21.49, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 32.99, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.0515 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.086 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9559, 19.4889, 38.1424)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6FA5 #8AA56F

analogous

#6F6FA5 #8A6FA5 #A56FA5

triadic

#8A6FA5 #A58A6F #6FA58A

tetradic

#8A6FA5 #A56F6F #8AA56F #6FA5A5

square

#8A6FA5 #A56F6F #8AA56F #6FA5A5

split-complementary

#8A6FA5 #A5A56F #6FA56F

monochromatic

#4D3B5F #6B5384 #8A6FA5 #A995BD #C7BAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8A6FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#8A6FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A6FA5

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A6FA5	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6579A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 111, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.086 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98c0',
    500: '#8a6fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6fa5;
$custom-light: #ad98c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58824,
    "c": 0.08603,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6FA5

secondary

#B8C3AC

accent

#C06894

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6FA5

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

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