#8A7CB3#8A7CB3

#8A7CB3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.083 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7CB3
RGB	rgb(138, 124, 179)
HSL	hsl(255, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(255, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 30.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 17.17, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 32.09, 302.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.0358 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.083 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8237, 23.0730, 45.7321)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7CB3 #A5B37C

analogous

#7C8AB3 #8A7CB3 #A67CB3

triadic

#8A7CB3 #B38A7C #7CB38A

tetradic

#8A7CB3 #B37C8A #A5B37C #7CB3A6

square

#8A7CB3 #B37C8A #A5B37C #7CB3A6

split-complementary

#8A7CB3 #B3A67C #8AB37C

monochromatic

#4F4272 #695999 #8A7CB3 #ADA3C9 #CFC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A7CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8A7CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7CB3

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7CB3	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#6F84B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7183B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 124, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.083 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada2ca',
    500: '#8a7cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7cb3;
$custom-light: #ada2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.273,
    "s": 26.57,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61999,
    "c": 0.08301,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7CB3

secondary

#CBD0BB

accent

#C365AB

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7CB3

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

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