#8A709E#8A709E

#8A709E is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.075 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A709E
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 158)
HSL	hsl(274, 19%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 29%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 29.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 19.31, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 28.52, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.048 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.075 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4459, 19.4605, 34.9149)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A709E #849E70

analogous

#73709E #8A709E #9E709B

triadic

#8A709E #9E8A70 #709E8A

tetradic

#8A709E #9E7370 #849E70 #709B9E

square

#8A709E #9E7370 #849E70 #709B9E

split-complementary

#8A709E #9B9E70 #709E73

monochromatic

#4C3C58 #6B547C #8A709E #A894B7 #C6B9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8A709E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8A709E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A709E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A709E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A709E	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#6879A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a709e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.075 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac99ba',
    500: '#8a709e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a709e;
$custom-light: #ac99ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a709e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 19.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58705,
    "c": 0.07485,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A709E

secondary

#B4BFAB

accent

#BC6C8F

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A709E

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

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