#8B60A2#8B60A2

#8B60A2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.110 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B60A2
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 162)
HSL	hsl(279, 26%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(279, 41%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 40.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 29.91, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 41.64, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.075 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.11 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3508, 16.4638, 36.2285)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B60A2 #77A260

analogous

#6A60A2 #8B60A2 #A26098

triadic

#8B60A2 #A28B60 #60A28B

tetradic

#8B60A2 #A26A60 #77A260 #6098A2

square

#8B60A2 #A26A60 #77A260 #6098A2

split-complementary

#8B60A2 #98A260 #60A26A

monochromatic

#493256 #6A497C #8B60A2 #A787B9 #C3ADCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8B60A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8B60A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B60A2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B60A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B60A2	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546EA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E72A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b60a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.110 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8ebe',
    500: '#8b60a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b60a2;
$custom-light: #ae8ebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b60a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.091,
    "s": 26.19,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56016,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B60A2

secondary

#AABEA0

accent

#C36586

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B60A2

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

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