#8A739B#8A739B

#8A739B is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.065 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A739B
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 155)
HSL	hsl(275, 17%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(275, 26%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 25.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 16.87, -18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 24.85, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.0424 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.065 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5273, 20.0315, 33.6837)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A739B #849B73

analogous

#76739B #8A739B #9B7398

triadic

#8A739B #9B8A73 #739B8A

tetradic

#8A739B #9B7673 #849B73 #73989B

square

#8A739B #9B7673 #849B73 #73989B

split-complementary

#8A739B #989B73 #739B76

monochromatic

#4C3D56 #6B577A #8A739B #A897B4 #C6BACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#8A739B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#8A739B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A739B

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A739B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A739B	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a739b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.065 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9bb8',
    500: '#8a739b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a739b;
$custom-light: #ac9bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a739b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59167,
    "c": 0.06533,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A739B

secondary

#B4BEAC

accent

#B96E8E

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A739B

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

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