#8A7BC4#8A7BC4

#8A7BC4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.109 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7BC4
RGB	rgb(138, 123, 196)
HSL	hsl(252, 38%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(252, 37%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 37.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 22.02, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 42.25, 301.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.0415 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.109 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5255, 23.5542, 55.3101)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7BC4 #B5C47B

analogous

#7B90C4 #8A7BC4 #AF7BC4

triadic

#8A7BC4 #C48A7B #7BC48A

tetradic

#8A7BC4 #C47B90 #B5C47B #7BC4AF

square

#8A7BC4 #C47B90 #B5C47B #7BC4AF

split-complementary

#8A7BC4 #C4AF7B #90C47B

monochromatic

#4C3D88 #6551B1 #8A7BC4 #AFA5D7 #D5D0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A7BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8A7BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7BC4

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7BC4	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6686C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6884C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 123, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.109 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea1d6',
    500: '#8a7bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7bc4;
$custom-light: #aea1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.329,
    "s": 38.22,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6262,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7BC4

secondary

#D5DBC0

accent

#B13498

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FA

border

#CECCD3

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7BC4

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

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