#8A7BB4#8A7BB4

#8A7BB4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.086 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7BB4
RGB	rgb(138, 123, 180)
HSL	hsl(256, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(256, 32%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 18.00, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 33.30, 302.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.0376 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.086 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8005, 22.8642, 46.2251)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7BB4 #A5B47B

analogous

#7B89B4 #8A7BB4 #A67BB4

triadic

#8A7BB4 #B48A7B #7BB48A

tetradic

#8A7BB4 #B47B89 #A5B47B #7BB4A6

square

#8A7BB4 #B47B89 #A5B47B #7BB4A6

split-complementary

#8A7BB4 #B4A67B #89B47B

monochromatic

#4F4173 #69589A #8A7BB4 #ADA2CA #CFC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A7BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8A7BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7BB4

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7BB4	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D84B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F83B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 123, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.086 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada1ca',
    500: '#8a7bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7bb4;
$custom-light: #ada1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 27.536,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61847,
    "c": 0.0861,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7BB4

secondary

#CBD1BA

accent

#C464AB

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7BB4

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

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