#8B6DC0#8B6DC0

#8B6DC0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.126 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6DC0
RGB	rgb(139, 109, 192)
HSL	hsl(262, 40%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(262, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 43.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 29.49, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 49.16, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.0616 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.126 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6283, 20.2319, 52.4139)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6DC0 #A2C06D

analogous

#6D79C0 #8B6DC0 #B56DC0

triadic

#8B6DC0 #C08B6D #6DC08B

tetradic

#8B6DC0 #C06D79 #A2C06D #6DC0B5

square

#8B6DC0 #C06D79 #A2C06D #6DC0B5

split-complementary

#8B6DC0 #C0B56D #79C06D

monochromatic

#4F367D #6B48A8 #8B6DC0 #AD98D2 #CFC3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#8B6DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8B6DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B6DC0

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B6DC0	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#567CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 109, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.126 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af97d3',
    500: '#8b6dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6dc0;
$custom-light: #af97d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.687,
    "s": 39.713,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59893,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6DC0

secondary

#C9D5B4

accent

#D058A4

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6DC0

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

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