#8A7DC4#8A7DC4

#8A7DC4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.106 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7DC4
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 196)
HSL	hsl(251, 38%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(251, 36%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 36.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 20.84, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 40.97, 300.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.0387 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.106 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7761, 24.0555, 55.3936)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7DC4 #B7C47D

analogous

#7D93C4 #8A7DC4 #AD7DC4

triadic

#8A7DC4 #C48A7D #7DC48A

tetradic

#8A7DC4 #C47D93 #B7C47D #7DC4AD

square

#8A7DC4 #C47D93 #B7C47D #7DC4AD

split-complementary

#8A7DC4 #C4AD7D #93C47D

monochromatic

#4C3E89 #6453B1 #8A7DC4 #B0A7D7 #D6D1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A7DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8A7DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7DC4

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7DC4	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6988C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A85C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.106 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea2d6',
    500: '#8a7dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7dc4;
$custom-light: #aea2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.986,
    "s": 37.566,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63005,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7DC4

secondary

#D6DBC2

accent

#B0359A

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F3FA

border

#CECDD3

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7DC4

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

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