#8A7EA5#8A7EA5

#8A7EA5 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.060 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7EA5
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 165)
HSL	hsl(258, 18%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(258, 24%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 12.68, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 22.93, 303.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.0286 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.06 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7322, 23.0415, 38.7345)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7EA5 #99A57E

analogous

#7E86A5 #8A7EA5 #9E7EA5

triadic

#8A7EA5 #A58A7E #7EA58A

tetradic

#8A7EA5 #A57E86 #99A57E #7EA59E

square

#8A7EA5 #A57E86 #99A57E #7EA59E

split-complementary

#8A7EA5 #A59E7E #86A57E

monochromatic

#4F4563 #6B5E87 #8A7EA5 #ABA2BE #CBC6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A7EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8A7EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7EA5

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7EA5	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7684A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7884A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85848B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.060 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca3bf',
    500: '#8a7ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ea5;
$custom-light: #aca3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 17.808,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61791,
    "c": 0.05951,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7EA5

secondary

#C2C7B7

accent

#BA6DA3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F7

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7EA5

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

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