#8A7E9E#8A7E9E

#8A7E9E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.050 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7E9E
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 158)
HSL	hsl(263, 14%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(263, 20%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 11.09, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 19.02, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.0263 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.05 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1124, 22.7936, 35.4704)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7E9E #929E7E

analogous

#7E829E #8A7E9E #9A7E9E

triadic

#8A7E9E #9E8A7E #7E9E8A

tetradic

#8A7E9E #9E7E82 #929E7E #7E9E9A

square

#8A7E9E #9E7E82 #929E7E #7E9E9A

split-complementary

#8A7E9E #9E9A7E #829E7E

monochromatic

#4E455C #6B607F #8A7E9E #AAA1B8 #C9C4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8A7E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8A7E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7E9E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7E9E	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A839D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.050 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca3ba',
    500: '#8a7e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7e9e;
$custom-light: #aca3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 14.159,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61508,
    "c": 0.0495,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7E9E

secondary

#BEC3B5

accent

#B7719D

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F6

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7E9E

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

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