#8A759D#8A759D

#8A759D is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.064 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A759D
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 157)
HSL	hsl(272, 17%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 25%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 25.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 16.14, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 24.56, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.0399 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.064 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9272, 20.5603, 34.6525)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A759D #889D75

analogous

#76759D #8A759D #9D759C

triadic

#8A759D #9D8A75 #759D8A

tetradic

#8A759D #9D7675 #889D75 #759C9D

square

#8A759D #9D7675 #889D75 #759C9D

split-complementary

#8A759D #9C9D75 #759D76

monochromatic

#4C3F59 #6B587C #8A759D #A899B6 #C7BDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8A759D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8A759D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A759D

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A759D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A759D	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a759d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.064 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9dba',
    500: '#8a759d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a759d;
$custom-light: #ac9dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a759d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 16.949,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59647,
    "c": 0.06433,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A759D

secondary

#B6BFAE

accent

#BA6E92

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A759D

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

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