#8D7BAB#8D7BAB

#8D7BAB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.074 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7BAB
RGB	rgb(141, 123, 171)
HSL	hsl(263, 22%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(263, 28%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 16.81, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 28.47, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.0386 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.074 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4166, 22.7689, 41.5760)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7BAB #99AB7B

analogous

#7B81AB #8D7BAB #A57BAB

triadic

#8D7BAB #AB8D7B #7BAB8D

tetradic

#8D7BAB #AB7B81 #99AB7B #7BABA5

square

#8D7BAB #AB7B81 #99AB7B #7BABA5

split-complementary

#8D7BAB #ABA57B #81AB7B

monochromatic

#514369 #6E5B8E #8D7BAB #ADA0C3 #CEC6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8D7BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8D7BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7BAB

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7BAB	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7183AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7483AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88828C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 123, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.074 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa1c4',
    500: '#8d7bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7bab;
$custom-light: #afa1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61715,
    "c": 0.0739,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7BAB

secondary

#C3CBB7

accent

#BF699F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7BAB

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

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