#8A7BC8#8A7BC8

#8A7BC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.114 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7BC8
RGB	rgb(138, 123, 200)
HSL	hsl(252, 41%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(252, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 38.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 23.05, -38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 44.48, 301.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0423 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.114 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9869, 23.7388, 57.7399)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7BC8 #B9C87B

analogous

#7B92C8 #8A7BC8 #B07BC8

triadic

#8A7BC8 #C88A7B #7BC88A

tetradic

#8A7BC8 #C87B92 #B9C87B #7BC8B0

square

#8A7BC8 #C87B92 #B9C87B #7BC8B0

split-complementary

#8A7BC8 #C8B07B #92C87B

monochromatic

#4B3B8E #6450B6 #8A7BC8 #B0A6DA #D7D1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A7BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A7BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7BC8

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7BC8	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6587CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 123, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.114 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea1d9',
    500: '#8a7bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7bc8;
$custom-light: #aea1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.688,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62824,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7BC8

secondary

#D8DDC2

accent

#B4319B

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FA

border

#CECCD3

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7BC8

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

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