#8B659A#8B659A

#8B659A is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.091 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B659A
RGB	rgb(139, 101, 154)
HSL	hsl(283, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 34%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 34.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 25.22, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 34.09, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.0654 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.091 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1330, 17.1299, 32.7587)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B659A #749A65

analogous

#71659A #8B659A #9A658E

triadic

#8B659A #9A8B65 #659A8B

tetradic

#8B659A #9A7165 #749A65 #658E9A

square

#8B659A #9A7165 #749A65 #658E9A

split-complementary

#8B659A #8E9A65 #659A71

monochromatic

#483550 #6A4D75 #8B659A #A78AB2 #C3AFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8B659A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8B659A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B659A

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B659A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B659A	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D719C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b659a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 101, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.091 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad91b8',
    500: '#8b659a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b659a;
$custom-light: #ad91b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b659a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.019,
    "s": 20.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56541,
    "c": 0.09068,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B659A

secondary

#A8B9A2

accent

#BD6A82

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B659A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →