#8A7BB3#8A7BB3

#8A7BB3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.085 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7BB3
RGB	rgb(138, 123, 179)
HSL	hsl(256, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(256, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 31.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 17.76, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 32.74, 302.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.0373 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.085 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6990, 22.8236, 45.6906)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7BB3 #A4B37B

analogous

#7B88B3 #8A7BB3 #A67BB3

triadic

#8A7BB3 #B38A7B #7BB38A

tetradic

#8A7BB3 #B37B88 #A4B37B #7BB3A6

square

#8A7BB3 #B37B88 #A4B37B #7BB3A6

split-complementary

#8A7BB3 #B3A67B #88B37B

monochromatic

#4F4272 #695899 #8A7BB3 #ACA2C9 #CFC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A7BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8A7BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7BB3

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7BB3	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E84B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7083B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82848F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 123, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.085 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada1ca',
    500: '#8a7bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7bb3;
$custom-light: #ada1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.071,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61801,
    "c": 0.08467,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7BB3

secondary

#CAD0BA

accent

#C365AA

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7BB3

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

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