#8D7BA3#8D7BA3

#8D7BA3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.063 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7BA3
RGB	rgb(141, 123, 163)
HSL	hsl(267, 18%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 25%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 14.99, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 24.06, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% 0.0361 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.063 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6771, 22.4731, 37.6809)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7BA3 #91A37B

analogous

#7B7DA3 #8D7BA3 #A17BA3

triadic

#8D7BA3 #A38D7B #7BA38D

tetradic

#8D7BA3 #A37B7D #91A37B #7BA3A1

square

#8D7BA3 #A37B7D #91A37B #7BA3A1

split-complementary

#8D7BA3 #A3A17B #7DA37B

monochromatic

#504360 #6E5C84 #8D7BA3 #AC9FBC #CBC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8D7BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8D7BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7BA3

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7BA3	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7482A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7783A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 123, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.063 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea1be',
    500: '#8d7ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7ba3;
$custom-light: #aea1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61376,
    "c": 0.06275,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7BA3

secondary

#BEC5B5

accent

#BB6D98

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7BA3

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

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