#8B759D#8B759D

#8B759D is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.065 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B759D
RGB	rgb(139, 117, 157)
HSL	hsl(273, 17%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(273, 25%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 16.48, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 24.67, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.0411 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.065 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0935, 20.6461, 34.6603)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B759D #879D75

analogous

#77759D #8B759D #9D759B

triadic

#8B759D #9D8B75 #759D8B

tetradic

#8B759D #9D7775 #879D75 #759B9D

square

#8B759D #9D7775 #879D75 #759B9D

split-complementary

#8B759D #9B9D75 #759D77

monochromatic

#4D3F59 #6C587C #8B759D #A999B6 #C7BDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#8B759D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#8B759D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B759D

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B759D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B759D	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b759d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 117, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.065 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9dba',
    500: '#8b759d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b759d;
$custom-light: #ad9dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b759d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 16.949,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59743,
    "c": 0.06473,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B759D

secondary

#B6BFAE

accent

#BA6E90

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B759D

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

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