#8A74BD#8A74BD

#8A74BD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.110 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74BD
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 189)
HSL	hsl(258, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(258, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 38.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, 24.35, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 42.89, 304.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.0499 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.11 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9098, 21.5679, 50.9322)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74BD #A7BD74

analogous

#7483BD #8A74BD #AF74BD

triadic

#8A74BD #BD8A74 #74BD8A

tetradic

#8A74BD #BD7483 #A7BD74 #74BDAF

square

#8A74BD #BD7483 #A7BD74 #74BDAF

split-complementary

#8A74BD #BDAF74 #83BD74

monochromatic

#4E3B7C #694EA5 #8A74BD #AD9DD1 #D0C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A74BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8A74BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74BD

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74BD	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6180C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80818F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.110 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9cd1',
    500: '#8a74bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74bd;
$custom-light: #ae9cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.082,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60935,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74BD

secondary

#CCD5B8

accent

#CC5CAA

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74BD

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

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