#8A76BE#8A76BE

#8A76BE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.108 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A76BE
RGB	rgb(138, 118, 190)
HSL	hsl(257, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(257, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 37.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 23.42, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 42.14, 303.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.0472 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.108 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2517, 22.0775, 51.5835)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A76BE #AABE76

analogous

#7686BE #8A76BE #AE76BE

triadic

#8A76BE #BE8A76 #76BE8A

tetradic

#8A76BE #BE7686 #AABE76 #76BEAE

square

#8A76BE #BE7686 #AABE76 #76BEAE

split-complementary

#8A76BE #BEAE76 #86BE76

monochromatic

#4E3C7E #684FA7 #8A76BE #ADA0D2 #D1C9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8A76BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8A76BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A76BE

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A76BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A76BE	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6382C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a76be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 118, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.108 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9dd2',
    500: '#8a76be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a76be;
$custom-light: #ae9dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a76be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 35.644,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61363,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A76BE

secondary

#CED6BA

accent

#AF378D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A76BE

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

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