#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
RGBrgb(139, 107, 173)
HSLhsl(269, 29%, 55%)
HSVhsv(269, 38%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(19.7%, 38.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(50.71, 26.03, -30.52)
CIE-LCHlch(50.71, 40.11, 310.45°)
OKLaboklab(58.55% 0.0608 -0.0846)
OKLCHoklch(58.55% 0.104 305.7)
XYZxyz(23.4465, 19.0216, 41.9634)
Luminance0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8B6BAD1.004.374.804.80
#FFFFFF4.371.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8021.001.001.00
##0000004.8021.001.001.00

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

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#8B6BAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva