#8A7CA6#8A7CA6

#8A7CA6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.064 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7CA6
RGB	rgb(138, 124, 166)
HSL	hsl(260, 19%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(260, 25%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 14.08, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 24.81, 304.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.032 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.064 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5704, 22.5717, 39.1313)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7CA6 #98A67C

analogous

#7C83A6 #8A7CA6 #9F7CA6

triadic

#8A7CA6 #A68A7C #7CA68A

tetradic

#8A7CA6 #A67C83 #98A67C #7CA69F

square

#8A7CA6 #A67C83 #98A67C #7CA69F

split-complementary

#8A7CA6 #A69F7C #83A67C

monochromatic

#4E4464 #6B5D88 #8A7CA6 #ABA0BF #CBC5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8A7CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8A7CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7CA6

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7CA6	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)

#7383A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7682A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 124, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.064 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca2c0',
    500: '#8a7ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ca6;
$custom-light: #aca2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 19.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61428,
    "c": 0.06439,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7CA6

secondary

#C2C7B6

accent

#BC6CA1

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7CA6

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

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