#8A7FA5#8A7FA5

#8A7FA5 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.058 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7FA5
RGB	rgb(138, 127, 165)
HSL	hsl(257, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(257, 23%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 23%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 12.10, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 22.27, 302.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.0271 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.058 298)
XYZ	xyz(24.8607, 23.2985, 38.7773)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7FA5 #9AA57F

analogous

#7F87A5 #8A7FA5 #9D7FA5

triadic

#8A7FA5 #A58A7F #7FA58A

tetradic

#8A7FA5 #A57F87 #9AA57F #7FA59D

square

#8A7FA5 #A57F87 #9AA57F #7FA59D

split-complementary

#8A7FA5 #A59D7F #87A57F

monochromatic

#4F4664 #6B5F88 #8A7FA5 #ABA3BE #CCC7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A7FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8A7FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7FA5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7FA5	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7785A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7984A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85858C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 127, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.058 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4bf',
    500: '#8a7fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7fa5;
$custom-light: #aca4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 17.431,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61995,
    "c": 0.05781,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.23299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7FA5

secondary

#C3C8B8

accent

#BA6EA4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7FA5

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

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