#8A7CA2#8A7CA2

#8A7CA2 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.059 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7CA2
RGB	rgb(138, 124, 162)
HSL	hsl(262, 17%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(262, 23%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, 13.16, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 22.57, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.0307 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.059 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2092, 22.4272, 37.2289)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7CA2 #94A27C

analogous

#7C81A2 #8A7CA2 #9D7CA2

triadic

#8A7CA2 #A28A7C #7CA28A

tetradic

#8A7CA2 #A27C81 #94A27C #7CA29D

square

#8A7CA2 #A27C81 #94A27C #7CA29D

split-complementary

#8A7CA2 #A29D7C #81A27C

monochromatic

#4E4460 #6B5D83 #8A7CA2 #AAA0BB #CAC4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8A7CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8A7CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7CA2

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7CA2	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7582A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7782A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 124, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.059 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca2bd',
    500: '#8a7ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ca2;
$custom-light: #aca2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 16.964,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61261,
    "c": 0.0587,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7CA2

secondary

#BFC5B5

accent

#BA6E9E

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7CA2

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

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