#8A7EAD#8A7EAD

#8A7EAD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.071 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7EAD
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 173)
HSL	hsl(255, 22%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(255, 27%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 14.55, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 27.42, 302.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.0311 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.071 296)
XYZ	xyz(25.4832, 23.3419, 42.6899)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7EAD #A1AD7E

analogous

#7E89AD #8A7EAD #A17EAD

triadic

#8A7EAD #AD8A7E #7EAD8A

tetradic

#8A7EAD #AD7E89 #A1AD7E #7EADA1

square

#8A7EAD #AD7E89 #A1AD7E #7EADA1

split-complementary

#8A7EAD #ADA17E #89AD7E

monochromatic

#4F456C #6A5C91 #8A7EAD #ACA3C5 #CEC9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A7EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8A7EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7EAD

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7EAD	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7584AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83858E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.071 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca3c5',
    500: '#8a7ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7ead;
$custom-light: #aca3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.319,
    "s": 22.275,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6213,
    "c": 0.07105,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.23342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7EAD

secondary

#C8CDBA

accent

#BF69A9

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7EAD

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

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