#8E6DA5#8E6DA5

#8E6DA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E6DA5
RGB	rgb(142, 109, 165)
HSL	hsl(275, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(275, 34%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 33.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 23.96, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 34.74, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.0595 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.091 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4143, 19.4050, 38.1021)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E6DA5 #84A56D

analogous

#726DA5 #8E6DA5 #A56DA0

triadic

#8E6DA5 #A58E6D #6DA58E

tetradic

#8E6DA5 #A5726D #84A56D #6DA0A5

square

#8E6DA5 #A5726D #84A56D #6DA0A5

split-complementary

#8E6DA5 #A0A56D #6DA572

monochromatic

#4F3A5E #6F5184 #8E6DA5 #AB93BC #C9B9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8E6DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8E6DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E6DA5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E6DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E6DA5	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6378A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e6da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 109, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b097c0',
    500: '#8e6da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e6da5;
$custom-light: #b097c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e6da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.357,
    "s": 23.729,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58844,
    "c": 0.0912,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E6DA5

secondary

#B5C3AB

accent

#C0688C

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F5F2F7

border

#CFCCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E6DA5

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

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