#8A7BB5#8A7BB5

#8A7BB5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.088 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7BB5
RGB	rgb(138, 123, 181)
HSL	hsl(256, 28%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(256, 32%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 32%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 18.25, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 33.86, 302.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.0378 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.088 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9028, 22.9051, 46.7636)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7BB5 #A6B57B

analogous

#7B89B5 #8A7BB5 #A77BB5

triadic

#8A7BB5 #B58A7B #7BB58A

tetradic

#8A7BB5 #B57B89 #A6B57B #7BB5A7

square

#8A7BB5 #B57B89 #A6B57B #7BB5A7

split-complementary

#8A7BB5 #B5A77B #89B57B

monochromatic

#4E4174 #69579C #8A7BB5 #ADA2CB #D0C9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8A7BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8A7BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7BB5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7BB5	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D84B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F83B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 123, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.088 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada1cb',
    500: '#8a7bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7bb5;
$custom-light: #ada1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.517,
    "s": 28.155,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61894,
    "c": 0.08752,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7BB5

secondary

#CBD1BB

accent

#C463AB

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7BB5

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

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