#8A7EA9#8A7EA9

#8A7EA9 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.065 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7EA9
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 169)
HSL	hsl(257, 20%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(257, 25%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 13.61, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 25.17, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.0299 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.065 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1020, 23.1894, 40.6820)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7EA9 #9DA97E

analogous

#7E87A9 #8A7EA9 #9F7EA9

triadic

#8A7EA9 #A98A7E #7EA98A

tetradic

#8A7EA9 #A97E87 #9DA97E #7EA99F

square

#8A7EA9 #A97E87 #9DA97E #7EA99F

split-complementary

#8A7EA9 #A99F7E #87A97E

monochromatic

#4F4568 #6B5E8C #8A7EA9 #ABA3C1 #CDC7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A7EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8A7EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7EA9

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7EA9	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7584AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7684A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84858D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.065 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca3c2',
    500: '#8a7ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ea9;
$custom-light: #aca3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.744,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61959,
    "c": 0.06528,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7EA9

secondary

#C5CAB9

accent

#BD6BA6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F7

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7EA9

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

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