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#8A63CB — Muted Purple

#8A63CB is a purple color we call Muted Purple, closest to the named color SlateBlue (#6A5ACD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: slateblue (#6A5ACD) — not an exact match. CSS slateblue gives you #6A5ACD, a different color; use #8A63CB when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#8A63CB is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A3CB62; it also sits naturally between #626ECB and #BF62CB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#8A63CB · RGB 138, 99, 203

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Color values

HEX#8A63CB
RGB138, 99, 203
HSL263°, 50%, 59%
HSV263°, 51%, 80%
CMYK32%, 51%, 0%, 20%
XYZ25.72, 18.64, 58.74
Yxy18.64, 0.2495, 0.1808
CIE-Lab50.26, 37.80, -48.57
Hunter Lab43.17, 33.63, -54.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 54% · Green 39% · Blue 80%

Cyan 32% · Magenta 51% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #8A63CB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #8A63CB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #8A63CB

.text { color: #8A63CB; }
.background { background-color: #8A63CB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #8A63CB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(138, 99, 203); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(263, 50%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #8A63CB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(138, 99, 203, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #8A63CB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(138, 99, 203, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#8A63CB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#8A63CB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #8A63CB

#7C4FC4#6C3DB8#6137A4#532F8E#48297A#3B2163#2F1B50#221339#170D26#09050F

Tints of #8A63CB

#9671D0#9E7DD4#AA8CD9#B59CDE#C0ABE3#C9B6E7#D4C6EC#E0D5F1#E8E0F5#F4F0FA

Tones of #8A63CB

#8C69C3#8E71BC#8F78B5#9180AC#9388A5#958F9E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3CB62:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.44:1 AA large only
Against black text4.73:1 AA

Best text color on #8A63CB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #8A63CB

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #8A63CB: ·

How #8A63CB looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #7979B2Deuteranopia · #7B7EACTritanopia · #889E9A

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind indigo 500 · #6366F1Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #8A63CB rather than the exact color:

Radiant Ruby Saffron
#848DD0 · #936BCE · #B957C2 · #DB93BC
Frozen Drift
#369F64 · #8756C6 · #B1703C · #B5DBC0
Palette 322653
#322653 · #8062D6 · #9288F8 · #FFD2D7
Palette Adf7d1
#ADF7D1 · #95E8D7 · #7DACE4 · #8971D0
Hidden Ruby Lagoon
#5491DC · #2A31CE · #8B5DD9 · #9F24C2
Radiant Aurora
#879C30 · #B6D26B · #7C67D1 · #D5D1ED

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#936BCE#8756C6#8062D6#8971D0#8B5DD9#7C67D1#8C56D4#916BBF#7A67CD#7E60BF#9254C8#936CBE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #8A63CA  ·  #8A63CC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #8A63CB?

#8A63CB is Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 138, 99, 203). Its closest standard named color is SlateBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #8A63CB?

#8A63CB is RGB 138, 99, 203 — HSL 263°, 50%, 59% — CMYK 32%, 51%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #8A63CB?

Its complement is #A3CB62; analogous partners are #626ECB and #BF62CB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #8A63CB for text?

Black text on #8A63CB has a contrast ratio of 4.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.44:1.