#8A77AA#8A77AA

#8A77AA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.079 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A77AA
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 170)
HSL	hsl(262, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(262, 30%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 30%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 17.95, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 30.36, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.0408 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.079 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3322, 21.4992, 40.8903)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A77AA #97AA77

analogous

#777EAA #8A77AA #A477AA

triadic

#8A77AA #AA8A77 #77AA8A

tetradic

#8A77AA #AA777E #97AA77 #77AAA4

square

#8A77AA #AA777E #97AA77 #77AAA4

split-complementary

#8A77AA #AAA477 #7EAA77

monochromatic

#4E4067 #6B588C #8A77AA #AA9DC2 #CBC2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A77AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A77AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A77AA

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A77AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A77AA	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a77aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.079 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ec3',
    500: '#8a77aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a77aa;
$custom-light: #ad9ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a77aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60605,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A77AA

secondary

#C1C9B4

accent

#C0689F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A77AA

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

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