#8A7EA4#8A7EA4

#8A7EA4 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.058 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7EA4
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 164)
HSL	hsl(259, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(259, 23%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 12.45, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 22.37, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.0283 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.058 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6415, 23.0052, 38.2570)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7EA4 #98A47E

analogous

#7E85A4 #8A7EA4 #9D7EA4

triadic

#8A7EA4 #A48A7E #7EA48A

tetradic

#8A7EA4 #A47E85 #98A47E #7EA49D

square

#8A7EA4 #A47E85 #98A47E #7EA49D

split-complementary

#8A7EA4 #A49D7E #85A47E

monochromatic

#4E4562 #6B5F86 #8A7EA4 #ABA2BD #CBC6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A7EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8A7EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7EA4

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7EA4	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7684A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7884A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86848B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.058 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca3bf',
    500: '#8a7ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ea4;
$custom-light: #aca3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 17.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6175,
    "c": 0.05808,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7EA4

secondary

#C2C7B7

accent

#BA6EA2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F7

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7EA4

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

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