#8A759E#8A759E

#8A759E is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.066 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A759E
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 158)
HSL	hsl(271, 17%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 26%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 25.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 16.36, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 25.10, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.0402 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.066 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0129, 20.5946, 35.1039)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A759E #899E75

analogous

#76759E #8A759E #9E759E

triadic

#8A759E #9E8A75 #759E8A

tetradic

#8A759E #9E7675 #899E75 #759E9E

square

#8A759E #9E7675 #899E75 #759E9E

split-complementary

#8A759E #9E9E75 #759E76

monochromatic

#4D3F5A #6B587E #8A759E #A899B7 #C7BDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8A759E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8A759E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A759E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A759E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A759E	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a759e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.066 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9dba',
    500: '#8a759e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a759e;
$custom-light: #ac9dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a759e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 17.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59689,
    "c": 0.06569,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A759E

secondary

#B7C0AF

accent

#BA6E93

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A759E

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

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