#8A7DB4#8A7DB4

#8A7DB4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.083 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7DB4
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 180)
HSL	hsl(254, 27%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 30.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 16.83, -27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 32.00, 301.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.0346 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.083 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0512, 23.3655, 46.3087)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7DB4 #A7B47D

analogous

#7D8CB4 #8A7DB4 #A67DB4

triadic

#8A7DB4 #B48A7D #7DB48A

tetradic

#8A7DB4 #B47D8C #A7B47D #7DB4A6

square

#8A7DB4 #B47D8C #A7B47D #7DB4A6

split-complementary

#8A7DB4 #B4A67D #8CB47D

monochromatic

#4E4374 #69599B #8A7DB4 #ADA4CA #D0CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A7DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8A7DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7DB4

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7DB4	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	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)

#7085B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.083 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada2ca',
    500: '#8a7db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7db4;
$custom-light: #ada2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.182,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62242,
    "c": 0.08279,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7DB4

secondary

#CCD1BC

accent

#C365AD

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7DB4

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

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