#8A7CBD#8A7CBD

#8A7CBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.097 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7CBD
RGB	rgb(138, 124, 189)
HSL	hsl(253, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(253, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 34.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 19.65, -32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 37.70, 301.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.0384 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.097 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8720, 23.4923, 51.2530)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7CBD #AFBD7C

analogous

#7C8FBD #8A7CBD #AB7CBD

triadic

#8A7CBD #BD8A7C #7CBD8A

tetradic

#8A7CBD #BD7C8F #AFBD7C #7CBDAB

square

#8A7CBD #BD7C8F #AFBD7C #7CBDAB

split-complementary

#8A7CBD #BDAB7C #8FBD7C

monochromatic

#4D407F #6654A7 #8A7CBD #AEA5D2 #D3CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8A7CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8A7CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7CBD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7CBD	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B86C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 124, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.097 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada2d1',
    500: '#8a7cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7cbd;
$custom-light: #ada2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.923,
    "s": 32.995,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62468,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7CBD

secondary

#D1D7BE

accent

#AC3A93

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7CBD

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