#8D6DB8#8D6DB8

#8D6DB8 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.116 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D6DB8
RGB	rgb(141, 109, 184)
HSL	hsl(266, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 41%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 40.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 28.10, -35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 44.90, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.0626 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.116 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1030, 20.0607, 47.8877)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D6DB8 #98B86D

analogous

#6D73B8 #8D6DB8 #B26DB8

triadic

#8D6DB8 #B88D6D #6DB88D

tetradic

#8D6DB8 #B86D73 #98B86D #6DB8B2

square

#8D6DB8 #B86D73 #98B86D #6DB8B2

split-complementary

#8D6DB8 #B8B26D #73B86D

monochromatic

#513873 #6E4C9C #8D6DB8 #AD96CC #CDBFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#8D6DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#8D6DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D6DB8

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D6DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D6DB8	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86798A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d6db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 109, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.116 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b097cd',
    500: '#8d6db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d6db8;
$custom-light: #b097cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d6db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.6,
    "s": 34.562,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59667,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D6DB8

secondary

#C3D0B1

accent

#CB5D9C

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#110D13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D6DB8

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

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