#8A7CB2#8A7CB2

#8A7CB2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.082 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7CB2
RGB	rgb(138, 124, 178)
HSL	hsl(256, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(256, 30%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 30.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 16.93, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 31.53, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.0356 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.082 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7229, 23.0327, 45.2014)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7CB2 #A4B27C

analogous

#7C89B2 #8A7CB2 #A57CB2

triadic

#8A7CB2 #B28A7C #7CB28A

tetradic

#8A7CB2 #B27C89 #A4B27C #7CB2A5

square

#8A7CB2 #B27C89 #A4B27C #7CB2A5

split-complementary

#8A7CB2 #B2A57C #89B27C

monochromatic

#4F4271 #695998 #8A7CB2 #ACA3C9 #CFC9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A7CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8A7CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7CB2

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7CB2	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F84B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7183B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82858F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 124, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.082 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada2c9',
    500: '#8a7cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7cb2;
$custom-light: #ada2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 25.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61953,
    "c": 0.08157,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7CB2

secondary

#CACFBA

accent

#C265AA

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7CB2

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

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