#8A7D97#8A7D97

#8A7D97 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.041 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7D97
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 151)
HSL	hsl(270, 11%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 17%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, 10.14, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 15.83, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.0254 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.041 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3998, 22.3050, 32.3447)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7D97 #8A977D

analogous

#7D7D97 #8A7D97 #977D97

triadic

#8A7D97 #978A7D #7D978A

tetradic

#8A7D97 #977D7D #8A977D #7D9797

square

#8A7D97 #977D7D #8A977D #7D9797

split-complementary

#8A7D97 #97977D #7D977D

monochromatic

#4D4455 #6B5F77 #8A7D97 #A99FB2 #C7C1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#8A7D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#8A7D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7D97

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7D97	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.041 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca2b5',
    500: '#8a7d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7d97;
$custom-light: #aca2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61032,
    "c": 0.04148,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7D97

secondary

#B8BDB2

accent

#B47494

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F6

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7D97

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

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