#8B6AAF#8B6AAF

#8B6AAF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.109 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6AAF
RGB	rgb(139, 106, 175)
HSL	hsl(269, 30%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 39%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 39.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 27.09, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 41.87, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.0627 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.109 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5378, 18.8923, 42.9557)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6AAF #8EAF6A

analogous

#6A6BAF #8B6AAF #AE6AAF

triadic

#8B6AAF #AF8B6A #6AAF8B

tetradic

#8B6AAF #AF6A6B #8EAF6A #6AAFAE

square

#8B6AAF #AF6A6B #8EAF6A #6AAFAE

split-complementary

#8B6AAF #AFAE6A #6BAF6A

monochromatic

#4E3767 #6C4D8F #8B6AAF #AA92C4 #C9BADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8B6AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8B6AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B6AAF

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B6AAF	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A77B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6279AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 106, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.109 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae95c7',
    500: '#8b6aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6aaf;
$custom-light: #ae95c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 30.131,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58465,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6AAF

secondary

#BBC9AC

accent

#C66196

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F1F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6AAF

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

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