#8D7CB3#8D7CB3

#8D7CB3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.083 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7CB3
RGB	rgb(141, 124, 179)
HSL	hsl(259, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(259, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 30.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 18.11, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 32.25, 304.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.0394 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.083 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3270, 23.3325, 45.7557)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7CB3 #A2B37C

analogous

#7C87B3 #8D7CB3 #A97CB3

triadic

#8D7CB3 #B38D7C #7CB38D

tetradic

#8D7CB3 #B37C87 #A2B37C #7CB3A9

square

#8D7CB3 #B37C87 #A2B37C #7CB3A9

split-complementary

#8D7CB3 #B3A97C #87B37C

monochromatic

#514272 #6D5999 #8D7CB3 #AFA3C9 #D0C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8D7CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8D7CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7CB3

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7CB3	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F85B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7284B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 124, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.083 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa2ca',
    500: '#8d7cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7cb3;
$custom-light: #afa2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 26.57,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62267,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7CB3

secondary

#C9D0BB

accent

#C365A6

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7CB3

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

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