#8A7CA4#8A7CA4

#8A7CA4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.062 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7CA4
RGB	rgb(138, 124, 164)
HSL	hsl(261, 18%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(261, 24%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 24.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 13.62, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 23.69, 305.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.0314 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.062 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3884, 22.4989, 38.1726)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7CA4 #96A47C

analogous

#7C82A4 #8A7CA4 #9E7CA4

triadic

#8A7CA4 #A48A7C #7CA48A

tetradic

#8A7CA4 #A47C82 #96A47C #7CA49E

square

#8A7CA4 #A47C82 #96A47C #7CA49E

split-complementary

#8A7CA4 #A49E7C #82A47C

monochromatic

#4E4462 #6B5D86 #8A7CA4 #AAA0BD #CBC4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A7CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8A7CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7CA4

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7CA4	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7482A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7682A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86828A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 124, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.062 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca2bf',
    500: '#8a7ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ca4;
$custom-light: #aca2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 18.018,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61344,
    "c": 0.06154,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7CA4

secondary

#C0C6B6

accent

#BB6DA0

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7CA4

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

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