#8A71A0#8A71A0

#8A71A0 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.076 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A71A0
RGB	rgb(138, 113, 160)
HSL	hsl(272, 20%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 29.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 19.17, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 28.92, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.0471 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.076 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7304, 19.7518, 35.8659)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A71A0 #87A071

analogous

#7271A0 #8A71A0 #A0719E

triadic

#8A71A0 #A08A71 #71A08A

tetradic

#8A71A0 #A07271 #87A071 #719EA0

square

#8A71A0 #A07271 #87A071 #719EA0

split-complementary

#8A71A0 #9EA071 #71A072

monochromatic

#4C3C5A #6B557F #8A71A0 #A896B9 #C6BAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8A71A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8A71A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A71A0

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A71A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A71A0	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a71a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 113, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.076 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9abc',
    500: '#8a71a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a71a0;
$custom-light: #ac9abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a71a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.915,
    "s": 19.831,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58987,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A71A0

secondary

#B6C0AC

accent

#BC6B91

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A71A0

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

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