#8A7EB3#8A7EB3

#8A7EB3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.080 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7EB3
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 179)
HSL	hsl(254, 26%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(254, 30%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 29.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 16.00, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 30.79, 301.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0329 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.08 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0769, 23.5794, 45.8165)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7EB3 #A7B37E

analogous

#7E8CB3 #8A7EB3 #A57EB3

triadic

#8A7EB3 #B38A7E #7EB38A

tetradic

#8A7EB3 #B37E8C #A7B37E #7EB3A5

square

#8A7EB3 #B37E8C #A7B37E #7EB3A5

split-complementary

#8A7EB3 #B3A57E #8CB37E

monochromatic

#4E4473 #695A99 #8A7EB3 #ADA5CA #D0CBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8A7EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8A7EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7EB3

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7EB3	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7186B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7385B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.080 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada3ca',
    500: '#8a7eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7eb3;
$custom-light: #ada3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 25.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62396,
    "c": 0.07971,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7EB3

secondary

#CCD1BC

accent

#C266AD

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7EB3

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

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