#8A7EA6#8A7EA6

#8A7EA6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.061 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7EA6
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 166)
HSL	hsl(258, 18%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(258, 24%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 12.91, -19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 23.49, 303.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.029 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.061 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8236, 23.0781, 39.2157)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7EA6 #9AA67E

analogous

#7E86A6 #8A7EA6 #9E7EA6

triadic

#8A7EA6 #A68A7E #7EA68A

tetradic

#8A7EA6 #A67E86 #9AA67E #7EA69E

square

#8A7EA6 #A67E86 #9AA67E #7EA69E

split-complementary

#8A7EA6 #A69E7E #86A67E

monochromatic

#4F4564 #6B5E89 #8A7EA6 #ABA2BF #CCC6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A7EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8A7EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7EA6

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7EA6	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7684A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7784A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85848C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.061 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca3c0',
    500: '#8a7ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ea6;
$custom-light: #aca3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 18.349,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61833,
    "c": 0.06096,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7EA6

secondary

#C3C8B8

accent

#BB6DA4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F7

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7EA6

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

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