#8A71BE#8A71BE

#8A71BE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.117 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A71BE
RGB	rgb(138, 113, 190)
HSL	hsl(259, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 40.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 26.36, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 45.41, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.0544 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.117 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6784, 20.9310, 51.3925)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A71BE #A5BE71

analogous

#717FBE #8A71BE #B171BE

triadic

#8A71BE #BE8A71 #71BE8A

tetradic

#8A71BE #BE717F #A5BE71 #71BEB1

square

#8A71BE #BE717F #A5BE71 #71BEB1

split-complementary

#8A71BE #BEB171 #7FBE71

monochromatic

#4F397C #694CA6 #8A71BE #AD9BD1 #CFC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8A71BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#8A71BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A71BE

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A71BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A71BE	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a71be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 113, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.117 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9ad2',
    500: '#8a71be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a71be;
$custom-light: #ae9ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a71be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.481,
    "s": 37.198,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60425,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A71BE

secondary

#CBD4B6

accent

#CD5BA8

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A71BE

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

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