#8A7DAE#8A7DAE

#8A7DAE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.074 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7DAE
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 174)
HSL	hsl(256, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(256, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 28.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 15.38, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 28.63, 302.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.0329 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.074 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4531, 23.1263, 43.1590)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7DAE #A1AE7D

analogous

#7D88AE #8A7DAE #A27DAE

triadic

#8A7DAE #AE8A7D #7DAE8A

tetradic

#8A7DAE #AE7D88 #A1AE7D #7DAEA2

square

#8A7DAE #AE7D88 #A1AE7D #7DAEA2

split-complementary

#8A7DAE #AEA27D #88AE7D

monochromatic

#4F446D #6A5B93 #8A7DAE #ACA3C5 #CEC8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A7DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8A7DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7DAE

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7DAE	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7284B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7484AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83858E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.074 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada2c6',
    500: '#8a7dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7dae;
$custom-light: #ada2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.918,
    "s": 23.223,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61974,
    "c": 0.07417,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7DAE

secondary

#C8CDBA

accent

#C068A8

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7DAE

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

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