#8A80AE#8A80AE

#8A80AE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.069 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A80AE
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 174)
HSL	hsl(253, 22%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 26.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 13.62, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 26.69, 300.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.0285 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.069 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8387, 23.8974, 43.2876)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A80AE #A4AE80

analogous

#808DAE #8A80AE #A180AE

triadic

#8A80AE #AE8A80 #80AE8A

tetradic

#8A80AE #AE808D #A4AE80 #80AEA1

square

#8A80AE #AE808D #A4AE80 #80AEA1

split-complementary

#8A80AE #AEA180 #8DAE80

monochromatic

#4F466E #695E93 #8A80AE #ACA5C6 #CFCBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8A80AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8A80AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A80AE

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A80AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A80AE	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7587B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7685AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a80ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.069 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4c6',
    500: '#8a80ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a80ae;
$custom-light: #aca4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a80ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 22.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62577,
    "c": 0.06918,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A80AE

secondary

#CACEBC

accent

#BF69AC

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A80AE

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

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