#8D7DAD#8D7DAD

#8D7DAD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.073 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7DAD
RGB	rgb(141, 125, 173)
HSL	hsl(260, 23%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(260, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 16.11, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 28.25, 304.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.0361 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.073 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8593, 23.3470, 42.6711)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7DAD #9DAD7D

analogous

#7D85AD #8D7DAD #A57DAD

triadic

#8D7DAD #AD8D7D #7DAD8D

tetradic

#8D7DAD #AD7D85 #9DAD7D #7DADA5

square

#8D7DAD #AD7D85 #9DAD7D #7DADA5

split-complementary

#8D7DAD #ADA57D #85AD7D

monochromatic

#51446C #6D5C91 #8D7DAD #AEA3C5 #CFC8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8D7DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8D7DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7DAD

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7DAD	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	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)

#7385AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7584AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87848E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 125, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.073 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa2c5',
    500: '#8d7dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7dad;
$custom-light: #afa2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 22.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62198,
    "c": 0.07326,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7DAD

secondary

#C6CCB9

accent

#BF69A2

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7DAD

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

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