#8A7DB3#8A7DB3

#8A7DB3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.081 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7DB3
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 179)
HSL	hsl(254, 26%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(254, 30%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 30.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 16.58, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 31.44, 301.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.0344 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.081 295)
XYZ	xyz(25.9497, 23.3249, 45.7741)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7DB3 #A6B37D

analogous

#7D8BB3 #8A7DB3 #A57DB3

triadic

#8A7DB3 #B38A7D #7DB38A

tetradic

#8A7DB3 #B37D8B #A6B37D #7DB3A5

square

#8A7DB3 #B37D8B #A6B37D #7DB3A5

split-complementary

#8A7DB3 #B3A57D #8BB37D

monochromatic

#4E4373 #695A99 #8A7DB3 #ADA4CA #D0CAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A7DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8A7DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7DB3

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7DB3	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7085B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7284B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.081 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada2ca',
    500: '#8a7db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7db3;
$custom-light: #ada2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.444,
    "s": 26.214,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62197,
    "c": 0.08135,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.23325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7DB3

secondary

#CBD0BB

accent

#C365AC

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7DB3

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

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