#8A74B3#8A74B3

#8A74B3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.096 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74B3
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 179)
HSL	hsl(261, 29%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(261, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 35.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 21.87, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 37.34, 305.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.0476 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.096 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8615, 21.1486, 45.4114)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74B3 #9DB374

analogous

#747EB3 #8A74B3 #A974B3

triadic

#8A74B3 #B38A74 #74B38A

tetradic

#8A74B3 #B3747E #9DB374 #74B3A9

square

#8A74B3 #B3747E #9DB374 #74B3A9

split-complementary

#8A74B3 #B3A974 #7EB374

monochromatic

#4F3D70 #6B5397 #8A74B3 #AB9CC9 #CDC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8A74B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#8A74B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74B3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74B3	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.096 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9cca',
    500: '#8a74b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74b3;
$custom-light: #ad9cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.952,
    "s": 29.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6044,
    "c": 0.09646,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74B3

secondary

#C5CEB5

accent

#C662A3

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74B3

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

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