#8B6DAD#8B6DAD

#8B6DAD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.101 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6DAD
RGB	rgb(139, 109, 173)
HSL	hsl(268, 28%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 37%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 24.85, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 38.77, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.0578 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.101 305)
XYZ	xyz(23.6574, 19.4435, 42.0337)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6DAD #8FAD6D

analogous

#6D6FAD #8B6DAD #AB6DAD

triadic

#8B6DAD #AD8B6D #6DAD8B

tetradic

#8B6DAD #AD6D6F #8FAD6D #6DADAB

square

#8B6DAD #AD6D6F #8FAD6D #6DADAB

split-complementary

#8B6DAD #ADAB6D #6FAD6D

monochromatic

#4E3966 #6C4F8D #8B6DAD #AA94C3 #C9BBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8B6DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8B6DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B6DAD

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B6DAD	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F79AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 109, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.101 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97c5',
    500: '#8b6dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6dad;
$custom-light: #ae97c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 28.07,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58921,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.19443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6DAD

secondary

#BCC8AE

accent

#C46397

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6DAD

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

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