#8D7AB2#8D7AB2

#8D7AB2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.085 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7AB2
RGB	rgb(141, 122, 178)
HSL	hsl(260, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 31.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 19.05, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 33.01, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.042 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.085 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9782, 22.7960, 45.1423)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7AB2 #9FB27A

analogous

#7A83B2 #8D7AB2 #A97AB2

triadic

#8D7AB2 #B28D7A #7AB28D

tetradic

#8D7AB2 #B27A83 #9FB27A #7AB2A9

square

#8D7AB2 #B27A83 #9FB27A #7AB2A9

split-complementary

#8D7AB2 #B2A97A #83B27A

monochromatic

#514170 #6D5897 #8D7AB2 #AEA1C8 #CFC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8D7AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8D7AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7AB2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7AB2	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D83B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7183B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86838E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 122, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.085 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa0c9',
    500: '#8d7ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7ab2;
$custom-light: #afa0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.357,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6183,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7AB2

secondary

#C7CFB9

accent

#C365A3

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7AB2

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

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