#8A7EB4#8A7EB4

#8A7EB4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.081 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7EB4
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 180)
HSL	hsl(253, 26%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(253, 30%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 30%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 16.24, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 31.36, 301.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.0332 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.081 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1784, 23.6200, 46.3511)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7EB4 #A8B47E

analogous

#7E8DB4 #8A7EB4 #A57EB4

triadic

#8A7EB4 #B48A7E #7EB48A

tetradic

#8A7EB4 #B47E8D #A8B47E #7EB4A5

square

#8A7EB4 #B47E8D #A8B47E #7EB4A5

split-complementary

#8A7EB4 #B4A57E #8DB47E

monochromatic

#4E4374 #685A9B #8A7EB4 #ADA5CB #D0CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8A7EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8A7EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7EB4

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7EB4	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)

#7186B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7285B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#828791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.081 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada3ca',
    500: '#8a7eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7eb4;
$custom-light: #ada3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62441,
    "c": 0.08114,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7EB4

secondary

#CDD1BD

accent

#C365AE

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7EB4

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

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