#8A74BA#8A74BA

#8A74BA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.106 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74BA
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 186)
HSL	hsl(259, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 37.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 23.60, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 41.23, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.0492 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.106 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5875, 21.4390, 49.2349)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74BA #A4BA74

analogous

#7481BA #8A74BA #AD74BA

triadic

#8A74BA #BA8A74 #74BA8A

tetradic

#8A74BA #BA7481 #A4BA74 #74BAAD

square

#8A74BA #BA7481 #A4BA74 #74BAAD

split-complementary

#8A74BA #BAAD74 #81BA74

monochromatic

#4F3C78 #6950A1 #8A74BA #AC9DCE #CFC6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8A74BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#8A74BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74BA

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74BA	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6280BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81808E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.106 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ccf',
    500: '#8a74ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74ba;
$custom-light: #ad9ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 33.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60783,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74BA

secondary

#CAD3B7

accent

#CA5EA8

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74BA

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

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