#8A7CA9#8A7CA9

#8A7CA9 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.069 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7CA9
RGB	rgb(138, 124, 169)
HSL	hsl(259, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(259, 27%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 26.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 14.78, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 26.48, 303.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.0329 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.069 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8488, 22.6830, 40.5976)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7CA9 #9BA97C

analogous

#7C85A9 #8A7CA9 #A17CA9

triadic

#8A7CA9 #A98A7C #7CA98A

tetradic

#8A7CA9 #A97C85 #9BA97C #7CA9A1

square

#8A7CA9 #A97C85 #9BA97C #7CA9A1

split-complementary

#8A7CA9 #A9A17C #85A97C

monochromatic

#4F4467 #6B5C8C #8A7CA9 #ABA1C1 #CCC6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A7CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8A7CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7CA9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7CA9	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7283AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7583A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 124, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.069 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca2c2',
    500: '#8a7ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ca9;
$custom-light: #aca2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 20.737,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61556,
    "c": 0.06868,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7CA9

secondary

#C4C9B7

accent

#BD6AA4

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7CA9

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

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