#8A74BB#8A74BB

#8A74BB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.108 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74BB
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 187)
HSL	hsl(259, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 38%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 23.85, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 41.78, 304.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.0495 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.108 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6942, 21.4817, 49.7968)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74BB #A5BB74

analogous

#7481BB #8A74BB #AE74BB

triadic

#8A74BB #BB8A74 #74BB8A

tetradic

#8A74BB #BB7481 #A5BB74 #74BBAE

square

#8A74BB #BB7481 #A5BB74 #74BBAE

split-complementary

#8A74BB #BBAE74 #81BB74

monochromatic

#4F3B79 #694FA2 #8A74BB #AD9DCF #CFC6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A74BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A74BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74BB

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74BB	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6180BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80808F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.108 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ccf',
    500: '#8a74bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74bb;
$custom-light: #ad9ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60834,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74BB

secondary

#CBD3B8

accent

#CA5DA9

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74BB

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

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