#8A71A5#8A71A5

#8A71A5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.082 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A71A5
RGB	rgb(138, 113, 165)
HSL	hsl(269, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 32%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 31.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, 20.31, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 31.63, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.0485 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.082 306)
XYZ	xyz(23.1766, 19.9303, 38.2160)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A71A5 #8CA571

analogous

#7172A5 #8A71A5 #A471A5

triadic

#8A71A5 #A58A71 #71A58A

tetradic

#8A71A5 #A57172 #8CA571 #71A5A4

square

#8A71A5 #A57172 #8CA571 #71A5A4

split-complementary

#8A71A5 #A5A471 #72A571

monochromatic

#4D3C5F #6B5485 #8A71A5 #A996BD #C8BCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#8A71A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#8A71A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A71A5

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A71A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A71A5	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a71a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 113, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.082 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ac0',
    500: '#8a71a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a71a5;
$custom-light: #ad9ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a71a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 22.414,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59209,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.1993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A71A5

secondary

#B9C4AE

accent

#BF6996

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A71A5

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

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