#8A709D#8A709D

#8A709D is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.074 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A709D
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 157)
HSL	hsl(275, 19%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(275, 29%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 19.08, -20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 27.98, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.0477 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.074 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3601, 19.4262, 34.4634)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A709D #839D70

analogous

#74709D #8A709D #9D7099

triadic

#8A709D #9D8A70 #709D8A

tetradic

#8A709D #9D7470 #839D70 #70999D

square

#8A709D #9D7470 #839D70 #70999D

split-complementary

#8A709D #999D70 #709D74

monochromatic

#4B3C57 #6B547B #8A709D #A894B6 #C5B9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A709D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8A709D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A709D

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A709D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A709D	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69799F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a709d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.074 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac99ba',
    500: '#8a709d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a709d;
$custom-light: #ac99ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a709d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 18.672,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58662,
    "c": 0.07353,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A709D

secondary

#B3BEAB

accent

#BB6C8E

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A709D

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

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