#8B6DB3#8B6DB3

#8B6DB3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.109 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6DB3
RGB	rgb(139, 109, 179)
HSL	hsl(266, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 39.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 26.29, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 42.05, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.0591 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.109 303)
XYZ	xyz(24.2511, 19.6809, 45.1603)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6DB3 #95B36D

analogous

#6D72B3 #8B6DB3 #AE6DB3

triadic

#8B6DB3 #B38B6D #6DB38B

tetradic

#8B6DB3 #B36D72 #95B36D #6DB3AE

square

#8B6DB3 #B36D72 #95B36D #6DB3AE

split-complementary

#8B6DB3 #B3AE6D #72B36D

monochromatic

#4F396D #6C4E95 #8B6DB3 #AB95C8 #CBBDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8B6DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8B6DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B6DB3

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B6DB3	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 109, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.109 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97ca',
    500: '#8b6db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6db3;
$custom-light: #ae97ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 31.532,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59218,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.19681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6DB3

secondary

#C0CCB0

accent

#C8609B

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6DB3

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

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