#8A7E97#8A7E97

#8A7E97 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.040 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7E97
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 151)
HSL	hsl(269, 11%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 17%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 16.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 9.56, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 15.15, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.0238 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.04 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5270, 22.5594, 32.3871)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7E97 #8B977E

analogous

#7E7F97 #8A7E97 #977E97

triadic

#8A7E97 #978A7E #7E978A

tetradic

#8A7E97 #977E7F #8B977E #7E9797

square

#8A7E97 #977E7F #8B977E #7E9797

split-complementary

#8A7E97 #97977E #7F977E

monochromatic

#4D4556 #6B6077 #8A7E97 #A9A0B2 #C7C2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8A7E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8A7E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7E97

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7E97	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.040 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca3b5',
    500: '#8a7e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7e97;
$custom-light: #aca3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 10.73,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61239,
    "c": 0.03966,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7E97

secondary

#B9BEB3

accent

#B47495

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F6

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7E97

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

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