#8B60AB#8B60AB

#8B60AB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.121 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B60AB
RGB	rgb(139, 96, 171)
HSL	hsl(274, 31%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 44%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 43.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 31.96, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 46.37, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.0768 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.121 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1796, 16.7953, 40.5936)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B60AB #80AB60

analogous

#6660AB #8B60AB #AB60A5

triadic

#8B60AB #AB8B60 #60AB8B

tetradic

#8B60AB #AB6660 #80AB60 #60A5AB

square

#8B60AB #AB6660 #80AB60 #60A5AB

split-complementary

#8B60AB #A5AB60 #60AB66

monochromatic

#4C325F #6C4787 #8B60AB #A888C0 #C5B0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8B60AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8B60AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B60AB

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B60AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B60AB	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F70AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A73A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b60ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 96, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.121 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8ec4',
    500: '#8b60ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b60ab;
$custom-light: #ae8ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b60ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.4,
    "s": 30.864,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56473,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B60AB

secondary

#B1C4A3

accent

#C7618C

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100C12

muted

#7F7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B60AB

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

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