#8D7EA5#8D7EA5

#8D7EA5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.060 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7EA5
RGB	rgb(141, 126, 165)
HSL	hsl(263, 18%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 24%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 13.69, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 23.15, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.0321 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.06 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2355, 23.3010, 38.7581)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7EA5 #96A57E

analogous

#7E83A5 #8D7EA5 #A17EA5

triadic

#8D7EA5 #A58D7E #7EA58D

tetradic

#8D7EA5 #A57E83 #96A57E #7EA5A1

square

#8D7EA5 #A57E83 #96A57E #7EA5A1

split-complementary

#8D7EA5 #A5A17E #83A57E

monochromatic

#514563 #6E5E87 #8D7EA5 #ADA2BE #CDC6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8D7EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8D7EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7EA5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7EA5	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7784A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7985A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89848B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 126, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.060 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea3bf',
    500: '#8d7ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7ea5;
$custom-light: #aea3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 17.808,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62061,
    "c": 0.06022,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7EA5

secondary

#C1C7B7

accent

#BA6D9D

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F7

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7EA5

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

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