#8A7EA0#8A7EA0

#8A7EA0 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.052 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7EA0
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 160)
HSL	hsl(261, 15%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(261, 21%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 11.54, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 20.13, 304.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.027 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.052 301)
XYZ	xyz(24.2860, 22.8630, 36.3844)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7EA0 #94A07E

analogous

#7E83A0 #8A7EA0 #9B7EA0

triadic

#8A7EA0 #A08A7E #7EA08A

tetradic

#8A7EA0 #A07E83 #94A07E #7EA09B

square

#8A7EA0 #A07E83 #94A07E #7EA09B

split-complementary

#8A7EA0 #A09B7E #83A07E

monochromatic

#4E455E #6B5F81 #8A7EA0 #AAA1BA #CAC4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A7EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8A7EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7EA0

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7EA0	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7883A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86838A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.052 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca3bc',
    500: '#8a7ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ea0;
$custom-light: #aca3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 15.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61588,
    "c": 0.05235,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.22863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7EA0

secondary

#BFC4B6

accent

#B8709F

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F6

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7EA0

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

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