#8A77BD#8A77BD

#8A77BD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.105 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A77BD
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 189)
HSL	hsl(256, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(256, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 37%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, 22.58, -34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 40.94, 303.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.0456 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.105 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2612, 22.2707, 51.0494)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A77BD #AABD77

analogous

#7787BD #8A77BD #AD77BD

triadic

#8A77BD #BD8A77 #77BD8A

tetradic

#8A77BD #BD7787 #AABD77 #77BDAD

square

#8A77BD #BD7787 #AABD77 #77BDAD

split-complementary

#8A77BD #BDAD77 #87BD77

monochromatic

#4E3D7D #6851A6 #8A77BD #ADA0D1 #D1C9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A77BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#8A77BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A77BD

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A77BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A77BD	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6482C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a77bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.105 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9ed1',
    500: '#8a77bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a77bd;
$custom-light: #ad9ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a77bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.286,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61504,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A77BD

secondary

#CED5BB

accent

#AD388E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A77BD

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

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