#8A7399#8A7399

#8A7399 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.063 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7399
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 153)
HSL	hsl(276, 16%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(276, 25%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 24.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 16.43, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 23.78, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.0418 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.063 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3608, 19.9649, 32.8064)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7399 #829973

analogous

#777399 #8A7399 #997395

triadic

#8A7399 #998A73 #73998A

tetradic

#8A7399 #997773 #829973 #739599

square

#8A7399 #997773 #829973 #739599

split-complementary

#8A7399 #959973 #739977

monochromatic

#4B3D54 #6B5778 #8A7399 #A896B3 #C5BACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#8A7399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#8A7399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7399

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7399	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)

#6D7A9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.063 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9bb7',
    500: '#8a7399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7399;
$custom-light: #ac9bb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59084,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7399

secondary

#B2BCAC

accent

#B86F8C

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7399

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

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