#8A7A96#8A7A96

#8A7A96 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.046 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7A96
RGB	rgb(138, 122, 150)
HSL	hsl(274, 12%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 19%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 18.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, 11.68, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 17.35, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% 0.0297 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.046 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9448, 21.5245, 31.7941)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7A96 #86967A

analogous

#7C7A96 #8A7A96 #967A94

triadic

#8A7A96 #968A7A #7A968A

tetradic

#8A7A96 #967C7A #86967A #7A9496

square

#8A7A96 #967C7A #86967A #7A9496

split-complementary

#8A7A96 #94967A #7A967C

monochromatic

#4C4254 #6B5D76 #8A7A96 #A89CB1 #C6BECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A7A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A7A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7A96

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7A96	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)

#767F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 122, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.046 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca0b4',
    500: '#8a7a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7a96;
$custom-light: #aca0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 11.765,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60377,
    "c": 0.04565,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7A96

secondary

#B5BCB0

accent

#B5738F

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7A96

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

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