#8B6BAD#8B6BAD

#8B6BAD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.104 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6BAD
RGB	rgb(139, 107, 173)
HSL	hsl(269, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 38%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 38.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 26.03, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 40.11, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.0608 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.104 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4465, 19.0216, 41.9634)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6BAD #8DAD6B

analogous

#6B6CAD #8B6BAD #AC6BAD

triadic

#8B6BAD #AD8B6B #6BAD8B

tetradic

#8B6BAD #AD6B6C #8DAD6B #6BADAC

square

#8B6BAD #AD6B6C #8DAD6B #6BADAC

split-complementary

#8B6BAD #ADAC6B #6CAD6B

monochromatic

#4E3865 #6C4E8D #8B6BAD #AA92C3 #C9BAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8B6BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8B6BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B6BAD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B6BAD	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D78B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6479AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 107, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.104 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96c5',
    500: '#8b6bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6bad;
$custom-light: #ae96c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 28.696,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5855,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6BAD

secondary

#BAC8AC

accent

#C56395

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6BAD

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

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