#8A74A2#8A74A2

#8A74A2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.073 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74A2
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 162)
HSL	hsl(269, 20%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 28%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 28.4%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 17.86, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 27.96, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.043 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.073 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2470, 20.5028, 36.9082)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74A2 #8CA274

analogous

#7475A2 #8A74A2 #A174A2

triadic

#8A74A2 #A28A74 #74A28A

tetradic

#8A74A2 #A27475 #8CA274 #74A2A1

square

#8A74A2 #A27475 #8CA274 #74A2A1

split-complementary

#8A74A2 #A2A174 #75A274

monochromatic

#4D3E5D #6B5782 #8A74A2 #A999BB #C8BDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8A74A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8A74A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74A2

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74A2	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.073 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9cbd',
    500: '#8a74a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74a2;
$custom-light: #ac9cbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 19.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59662,
    "c": 0.07296,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74A2

secondary

#B9C3AF

accent

#BC6B96

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74A2

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

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