#8A74BE#8A74BE

#8A74BE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.112 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A74BE
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 190)
HSL	hsl(258, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(258, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 38.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 24.60, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 43.45, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.0501 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.112 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0187, 21.6115, 51.5059)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A74BE #A8BE74

analogous

#7483BE #8A74BE #AF74BE

triadic

#8A74BE #BE8A74 #74BE8A

tetradic

#8A74BE #BE7483 #A8BE74 #74BEAF

square

#8A74BE #BE7483 #A8BE74 #74BEAF

split-complementary

#8A74BE #BEAF74 #83BE74

monochromatic

#4E3A7D #684EA7 #8A74BE #AD9ED2 #D0C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A74BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8A74BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A74BE

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A74BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A74BE	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6080C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a74be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.112 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9cd2',
    500: '#8a74be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a74be;
$custom-light: #ae9cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a74be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.838,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60986,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A74BE

secondary

#CDD5B9

accent

#CC5CAB

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A74BE

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

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