#8A7BB9#8A7BB9

#8A7BB9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.093 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7BB9
RGB	rgb(138, 123, 185)
HSL	hsl(255, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(255, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 33.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 19.23, -30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 36.10, 302.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.0389 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.093 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3191, 23.0717, 48.9562)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7BB9 #AAB97B

analogous

#7B8BB9 #8A7BB9 #A97BB9

triadic

#8A7BB9 #B98A7B #7BB98A

tetradic

#8A7BB9 #B97B8B #AAB97B #7BB9A9

square

#8A7BB9 #B97B8B #AAB97B #7BB9A9

split-complementary

#8A7BB9 #B9A97B #8BB97B

monochromatic

#4E4079 #6856A1 #8A7BB9 #ADA3CE #D1CBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A7BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8A7BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7BB9

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7BB9	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B85BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 123, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.093 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada1ce',
    500: '#8a7bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7bb9;
$custom-light: #ada1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.516,
    "s": 30.693,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62082,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7BB9

secondary

#CED4BC

accent

#A93C8F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7BB9

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

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