#8B6DB7#8B6DB7

#8B6DB7 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.114 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6DB7
RGB	rgb(139, 109, 183)
HSL	hsl(264, 34%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(264, 40%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 40.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 27.26, -34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 44.24, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.06 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.114 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6615, 19.8451, 47.3218)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6DB7 #99B76D

analogous

#6D74B7 #8B6DB7 #B06DB7

triadic

#8B6DB7 #B78B6D #6DB78B

tetradic

#8B6DB7 #B76D74 #99B76D #6DB7B0

square

#8B6DB7 #B76D74 #99B76D #6DB7B0

split-complementary

#8B6DB7 #B7B06D #74B76D

monochromatic

#4F3872 #6C4C9B #8B6DB7 #AC96CB #CCBFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#8B6DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#8B6DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B6DB7

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B6DB7	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 109, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.114 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97cd',
    500: '#8b6db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6db7;
$custom-light: #ae97cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.324,
    "s": 33.945,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59421,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6DB7

secondary

#C3CFB1

accent

#CA5E9E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6DB7

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

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