#8D7EA0#8D7EA0

#8D7EA0 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.053 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7EA0
RGB	rgb(141, 126, 160)
HSL	hsl(266, 15%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 21%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 12.57, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 20.39, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.0305 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.053 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7893, 23.1226, 36.4080)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7EA0 #91A07E

analogous

#7E80A0 #8D7EA0 #9E7EA0

triadic

#8D7EA0 #A08D7E #7EA08D

tetradic

#8D7EA0 #A07E80 #91A07E #7EA09E

square

#8D7EA0 #A07E80 #91A07E #7EA09E

split-complementary

#8D7EA0 #A09E7E #80A07E

monochromatic

#50455E #6E5F81 #8D7EA0 #ACA1BA #CBC4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8D7EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8D7EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7EA0

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7EA0	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7884A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A838A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 126, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.053 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea3bc',
    500: '#8d7ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7ea0;
$custom-light: #aea3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 15.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61859,
    "c": 0.05322,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7EA0

secondary

#BEC4B6

accent

#B87098

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F6

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7EA0

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

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