#8A7196#8A7196

#8A7196 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.063 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7196
RGB	rgb(138, 113, 150)
HSL	hsl(281, 15%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 25%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 24.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, 16.96, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 23.58, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.044 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.063 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8905, 19.4158, 31.4427)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7196 #7D9671

analogous

#787196 #8A7196 #967190

triadic

#8A7196 #968A71 #71968A

tetradic

#8A7196 #967871 #7D9671 #719096

square

#8A7196 #967871 #7D9671 #719096

split-complementary

#8A7196 #909671 #719678

monochromatic

#4A3C51 #6A5674 #8A7196 #A794B0 #C4B7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A7196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8A7196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7196

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7196	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)

#6C7898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89757E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 113, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.063 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9ab5',
    500: '#8a7196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7196;
$custom-light: #ac9ab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.541,
    "s": 14.98,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58564,
    "c": 0.06253,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7196

secondary

#AFBAA9

accent

#B87087

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7196

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

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