#8B6E8A#8B6E8A

#8B6E8A is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.055 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B6E8A
RGB	rgb(139, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(302, 12%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(302, 21%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 16.58, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 19.88, 326.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.0459 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.055 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8103, 18.4763, 26.5099)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B6E8A #6E8B6F

analogous

#7E6E8B #8B6E8A #8B6E7C

triadic

#8B6E8A #8A8B6E #6E8A8B

tetradic

#8B6E8A #8B7E6E #6E8B6F #6E7C8B

square

#8B6E8A #8B7E6E #6E8B6F #6E7C8B

split-complementary

#8B6E8A #7C8B6E #6E8B7E

monochromatic

#473846 #695368 #8B6E8A #A78FA6 #C2B2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8B6E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8B6E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B6E8A

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B6E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B6E8A	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C758B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b6e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.055 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97ac',
    500: '#8b6e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b6e8a;
$custom-light: #ad97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b6e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.069,
    "s": 11.647,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57598,
    "c": 0.05455,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B6E8A

secondary

#A4B1A4

accent

#B57673

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B6E8A

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

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