#8A7DA3#8A7DA3

#8A7DA3 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.058 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7DA3
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 163)
HSL	hsl(261, 17%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(261, 23%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 12.81, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 22.47, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.0295 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.058 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4244, 22.7148, 37.7409)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7DA3 #96A37D

analogous

#7D83A3 #8A7DA3 #9D7DA3

triadic

#8A7DA3 #A38A7D #7DA38A

tetradic

#8A7DA3 #A37D83 #96A37D #7DA39D

square

#8A7DA3 #A37D83 #96A37D #7DA39D

split-complementary

#8A7DA3 #A39D7D #83A37D

monochromatic

#4E4561 #6B5E85 #8A7DA3 #AAA1BC #CBC5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A7DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8A7DA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7DA3

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7DA3	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)

#7683A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7883A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86828A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.058 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca2be',
    500: '#8a7da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7da3;
$custom-light: #aca2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 17.117,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61505,
    "c": 0.05838,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7DA3

secondary

#C0C6B6

accent

#BA6EA0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F6

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7DA3

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

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