#8A7EA3#8A7EA3

#8A7EA3 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.057 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7EA3
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 163)
HSL	hsl(259, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(259, 23%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 12.22, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 21.81, 304.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% 0.028 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.057 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5516, 22.9693, 37.7833)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7EA3 #97A37E

analogous

#7E85A3 #8A7EA3 #9D7EA3

triadic

#8A7EA3 #A38A7E #7EA38A

tetradic

#8A7EA3 #A37E85 #97A37E #7EA39D

square

#8A7EA3 #A37E85 #97A37E #7EA39D

split-complementary

#8A7EA3 #A39D7E #85A37E

monochromatic

#4E4561 #6B5F85 #8A7EA3 #AAA2BC #CBC5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A7EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A7EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7EA3

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7EA3	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7784A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7884A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86838B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.057 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca3be',
    500: '#8a7ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ea3;
$custom-light: #aca3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 16.742,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61709,
    "c": 0.05665,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7EA3

secondary

#C1C6B7

accent

#B96EA1

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F6

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7EA3

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

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