#8B6DBA#8B6DBA

#8B6DBA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.118 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6DBA
RGB	rgb(139, 109, 186)
HSL	hsl(263, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(263, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 41.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 28.00, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 45.88, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.0605 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.118 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9770, 19.9713, 48.9838)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6DBA #9CBA6D

analogous

#6D75BA #8B6DBA #B26DBA

triadic

#8B6DBA #BA8B6D #6DBA8B

tetradic

#8B6DBA #BA6D75 #9CBA6D #6DBAB2

square

#8B6DBA #BA6D75 #9CBA6D #6DBAB2

split-complementary

#8B6DBA #BAB26D #75BA6D

monochromatic

#4F3775 #6C4B9F #8B6DBA #AC97CE #CDC0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8B6DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#8B6DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B6DBA

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B6DBA	1.00	4.20	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#597BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 109, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.118 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97cf',
    500: '#8b6dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6dba;
$custom-light: #ae97cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.377,
    "s": 35.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59576,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6DBA

secondary

#C5D1B2

accent

#CC5CA0

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6DBA

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

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