#8A7DC6#8A7DC6

#8A7DC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.109 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7DC6
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 198)
HSL	hsl(251, 39%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(251, 37%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 36.9%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 21.36, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 42.09, 300.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.0391 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.109 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0053, 24.1472, 56.6005)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7DC6 #B9C67D

analogous

#7D94C6 #8A7DC6 #AE7DC6

triadic

#8A7DC6 #C68A7D #7DC68A

tetradic

#8A7DC6 #C67D94 #B9C67D #7DC6AE

square

#8A7DC6 #C67D94 #B9C67D #7DC6AE

split-complementary

#8A7DC6 #C6AE7D #94C67D

monochromatic

#4B3D8B #6452B3 #8A7DC6 #B0A8D9 #D7D2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A7DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8A7DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7DC6

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7DC6	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6888C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6985C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.109 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea2d7',
    500: '#8a7dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7dc6;
$custom-light: #aea2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.685,
    "s": 39.037,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63105,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7DC6

secondary

#D8DCC2

accent

#B2339B

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F4F3FA

border

#CECDD3

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7DC6

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

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