#8A80AA#8A80AA

#8A80AA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.063 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A80AA
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 170)
HSL	hsl(254, 20%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(254, 25%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 24.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 12.68, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 24.43, 301.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.0272 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.063 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4545, 23.7437, 41.2644)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A80AA #A0AA80

analogous

#808BAA #8A80AA #9F80AA

triadic

#8A80AA #AA8A80 #80AA8A

tetradic

#8A80AA #AA808B #A0AA80 #80AA9F

square

#8A80AA #AA808B #A0AA80 #80AA9F

split-complementary

#8A80AA #AA9F80 #8BAA80

monochromatic

#4F4669 #6A5F8E #8A80AA #ACA5C3 #CEC9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A80AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A80AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A80AA

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A80AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A80AA	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7786AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7885A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84868F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a80aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.063 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4c3',
    500: '#8a80aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a80aa;
$custom-light: #aca4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a80aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 19.811,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62407,
    "c": 0.06337,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A80AA

secondary

#C7CBBB

accent

#BC6BA9

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A80AA

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

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