#8D7EB2#8D7EB2

#8D7EB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.079 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7EB2
RGB	rgb(141, 126, 178)
HSL	hsl(257, 25%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(257, 29%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 29.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 16.71, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 30.38, 303.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.0361 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.079 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4795, 23.7986, 45.3094)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7EB2 #A3B27E

analogous

#7E89B2 #8D7EB2 #A77EB2

triadic

#8D7EB2 #B28D7E #7EB28D

tetradic

#8D7EB2 #B27E89 #A3B27E #7EB2A7

square

#8D7EB2 #B27E89 #A3B27E #7EB2A7

split-complementary

#8D7EB2 #B2A77E #89B27E

monochromatic

#514472 #6C5B98 #8D7EB2 #AFA4C9 #D1CBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8D7EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8D7EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7EB2

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7EB2	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7286B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7485B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 126, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.079 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa3c9',
    500: '#8d7eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7eb2;
$custom-light: #afa3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.308,
    "s": 25.243,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62616,
    "c": 0.07867,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7EB2

secondary

#CAD0BC

accent

#C266A7

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7EB2

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

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