#8A7CA3#8A7CA3

#8A7CA3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.060 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7CA3
RGB	rgb(138, 124, 163)
HSL	hsl(262, 17%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(262, 24%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 13.39, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 23.13, 305.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% 0.031 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.06 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2984, 22.4629, 37.6989)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7CA3 #95A37C

analogous

#7C82A3 #8A7CA3 #9E7CA3

triadic

#8A7CA3 #A38A7C #7CA38A

tetradic

#8A7CA3 #A37C82 #95A37C #7CA39E

square

#8A7CA3 #A37C82 #95A37C #7CA39E

split-complementary

#8A7CA3 #A39E7C #82A37C

monochromatic

#4E4461 #6B5D85 #8A7CA3 #AAA0BC #CAC4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A7CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8A7CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7CA3

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7CA3	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	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)

#7482A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7782A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 124, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.060 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca2be',
    500: '#8a7ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ca3;
$custom-light: #aca2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 17.489,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61302,
    "c": 0.06012,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7CA3

secondary

#C0C5B5

accent

#BA6E9F

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7CA3

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

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