#8A7EAE#8A7EAE

#8A7EAE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.072 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7EAE
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 27.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, 14.79, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 27.98, 301.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.0314 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.073 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5804, 23.3808, 43.2015)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7EAE #A2AE7E

analogous

#7E8AAE #8A7EAE #A27EAE

triadic

#8A7EAE #AE8A7E #7EAE8A

tetradic

#8A7EAE #AE7E8A #A2AE7E #7EAEA2

square

#8A7EAE #AE7E8A #A2AE7E #7EAEA2

split-complementary

#8A7EAE #AEA27E #8AAE7E

monochromatic

#4F456D #6A5C93 #8A7EAE #ACA4C6 #CEC9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A7EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8A7EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7EAE

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7EAE	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7584AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83868F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.072 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada3c6',
    500: '#8a7eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7eae;
$custom-light: #ada3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 22.857,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62174,
    "c": 0.0725,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7EAE

secondary

#C9CDBA

accent

#BF68AA

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7EAE

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

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