#8A7CA5#8A7CA5

#8A7CA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.063 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7CA5
RGB	rgb(138, 124, 165)
HSL	hsl(260, 19%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(260, 25%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, 13.85, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 24.25, 304.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.0317 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.063 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4790, 22.5351, 38.6501)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7CA5 #97A57C

analogous

#7C83A5 #8A7CA5 #9F7CA5

triadic

#8A7CA5 #A58A7C #7CA58A

tetradic

#8A7CA5 #A57C83 #97A57C #7CA59F

square

#8A7CA5 #A57C83 #97A57C #7CA59F

split-complementary

#8A7CA5 #A59F7C #83A57C

monochromatic

#4E4463 #6B5D87 #8A7CA5 #AAA0BE #CBC5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8A7CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8A7CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7CA5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7CA5	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7482A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7682A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85828A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 124, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.063 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca2bf',
    500: '#8a7ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ca5;
$custom-light: #aca2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 18.552,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61386,
    "c": 0.06297,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7CA5

secondary

#C1C7B6

accent

#BB6DA0

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7CA5

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

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