#8A7DB5#8A7DB5

#8A7DB5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.084 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7DB5
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 181)
HSL	hsl(254, 27%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 30.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 17.07, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 32.56, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.0349 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.084 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1534, 23.4064, 46.8471)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7DB5 #A8B57D

analogous

#7D8CB5 #8A7DB5 #A67DB5

triadic

#8A7DB5 #B58A7D #7DB58A

tetradic

#8A7DB5 #B57D8C #A8B57D #7DB5A6

square

#8A7DB5 #B57D8C #A8B57D #7DB5A6

split-complementary

#8A7DB5 #B5A67D #8CB57D

monochromatic

#4E4375 #68599C #8A7DB5 #ADA4CB #D0CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A7DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8A7DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7DB5

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7DB5	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F85B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.084 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada2cb',
    500: '#8a7db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7db5;
$custom-light: #ada2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.929,
    "s": 27.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62288,
    "c": 0.08423,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7DB5

secondary

#CDD2BC

accent

#C464AE

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7DB5

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

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