#8A74B2#8A74B2

#8A74B2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.095 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74B2
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 178)
HSL	hsl(261, 29%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(261, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 34.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, 21.63, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 36.79, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.0474 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.095 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7607, 21.1083, 44.8807)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74B2 #9CB274

analogous

#747DB2 #8A74B2 #A974B2

triadic

#8A74B2 #B28A74 #74B28A

tetradic

#8A74B2 #B2747D #9CB274 #74B2A9

square

#8A74B2 #B2747D #9CB274 #74B2A9

split-complementary

#8A74B2 #B2A974 #7DB274

monochromatic

#4F3D6E #6B5396 #8A74B2 #AB9BC8 #CCC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8A74B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#8A74B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74B2

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74B2	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.095 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9cc9',
    500: '#8a74b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74b2;
$custom-light: #ad9cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.29,
    "s": 28.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60392,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74B2

secondary

#C5CDB4

accent

#C563A2

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74B2

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

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