#8A7894#8A7894

#8A7894 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.047 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7894
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 148)
HSL	hsl(279, 12%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(279, 19%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 12.42, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 17.66, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.0322 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.047 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5421, 20.9745, 30.8722)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7894 #829478

analogous

#7C7894 #8A7894 #947890

triadic

#8A7894 #948A78 #78948A

tetradic

#8A7894 #947C78 #829478 #789094

square

#8A7894 #947C78 #829478 #789094

split-complementary

#8A7894 #909478 #78947C

monochromatic

#4B4051 #6B5B73 #8A7894 #A89AAF #C5BCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#8A7894 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#8A7894 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7894

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7894	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7894	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7894;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.047 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fb3',
    500: '#8a7894',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7894;
$custom-light: #ac9fb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7894",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 11.57,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59892,
    "c": 0.04673,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7894

secondary

#B2BAAE

accent

#B4738B

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7894

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

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