#8A7EB2#8A7EB2

#8A7EB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.078 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7EB2
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 178)
HSL	hsl(254, 25%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(254, 29%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 29.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 15.75, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 30.23, 301.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.0326 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.078 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9761, 23.5391, 45.2858)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7EB2 #A6B27E

analogous

#7E8CB2 #8A7EB2 #A47EB2

triadic

#8A7EB2 #B28A7E #7EB28A

tetradic

#8A7EB2 #B27E8C #A6B27E #7EB2A4

square

#8A7EB2 #B27E8C #A6B27E #7EB2A4

split-complementary

#8A7EB2 #B2A47E #8CB27E

monochromatic

#4E4472 #695B98 #8A7EB2 #ADA4C9 #D0CBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A7EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8A7EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7EB2

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7EB2	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7286B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7384B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.078 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada3c9',
    500: '#8a7eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7eb2;
$custom-light: #ada3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 25.243,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62351,
    "c": 0.07826,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7EB2

secondary

#CBD0BC

accent

#C266AD

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7EB2

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

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