#8A7DC2#8A7DC2

#8A7DC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7DC2
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 194)
HSL	hsl(251, 36%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(251, 36%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 35.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 20.33, -34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 39.85, 300.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.0382 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.103 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5500, 23.9651, 54.2027)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7DC2 #B5C27D

analogous

#7D93C2 #8A7DC2 #AC7DC2

triadic

#8A7DC2 #C28A7D #7DC28A

tetradic

#8A7DC2 #C27D93 #B5C27D #7DC2AC

square

#8A7DC2 #C27D93 #B5C27D #7DC2AC

split-complementary

#8A7DC2 #C2AC7D #93C27D

monochromatic

#4C3F86 #6553AE #8A7DC2 #AFA7D6 #D5D0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8A7DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8A7DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7DC2

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7DC2	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A87C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B85C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E8996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea2d4',
    500: '#8a7dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7dc2;
$custom-light: #aea2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.304,
    "s": 36.126,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62906,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7DC2

secondary

#D5DAC1

accent

#AF3698

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F3FA

border

#CECDD3

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7DC2

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

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