#8A7BC9#8A7BC9

#8A7BC9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.116 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7BC9
RGB	rgb(138, 123, 201)
HSL	hsl(252, 42%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 39%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 38.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 23.31, -38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 45.04, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0425 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.116 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1041, 23.7857, 58.3574)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7BC9 #BAC97B

analogous

#7B93C9 #8A7BC9 #B17BC9

triadic

#8A7BC9 #C98A7B #7BC98A

tetradic

#8A7BC9 #C97B93 #BAC97B #7BC9B1

square

#8A7BC9 #C97B93 #BAC97B #7BC9B1

split-complementary

#8A7BC9 #C9B17B #93C97B

monochromatic

#4B3B8F #6450B7 #8A7BC9 #B0A6DB #D7D2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A7BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8A7BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7BC9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7BC9	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6487CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 123, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.116 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea1da',
    500: '#8a7bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7bc9;
$custom-light: #aea1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62875,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7BC9

secondary

#D8DEC2

accent

#B5309C

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100F15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7BC9

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

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