#8A77B4#8A77B4

#8A77B4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.093 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A77B4
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 180)
HSL	hsl(259, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 34%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 33.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 20.35, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 35.92, 304.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.0434 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.093 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3144, 21.8920, 46.0631)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A77B4 #A1B477

analogous

#7782B4 #8A77B4 #A877B4

triadic

#8A77B4 #B48A77 #77B48A

tetradic

#8A77B4 #B47782 #A1B477 #77B4A8

square

#8A77B4 #B47782 #A1B477 #77B4A8

split-complementary

#8A77B4 #B4A877 #82B477

monochromatic

#4F3F72 #6A5599 #8A77B4 #AC9ECA #CEC6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8A77B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8A77B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A77B4

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A77B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A77B4	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6881B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82818D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a77b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.093 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9eca',
    500: '#8a77b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a77b4;
$custom-light: #ad9eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a77b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.689,
    "s": 28.91,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61066,
    "c": 0.09279,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A77B4

secondary

#C8CFB7

accent

#C563A6

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A77B4

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

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