#8E759D#8E759D

#8E759D is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.066 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E759D
RGB	rgb(142, 117, 157)
HSL	hsl(278, 17%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 25.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 17.51, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 25.03, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.0447 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.066 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6014, 20.9080, 34.6841)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E759D #849D75

analogous

#7A759D #8E759D #9D7598

triadic

#8E759D #9D8E75 #759D8E

tetradic

#8E759D #9D7A75 #849D75 #75989D

square

#8E759D #9D7A75 #849D75 #75989D

split-complementary

#8E759D #989D75 #759D7A

monochromatic

#4F3F59 #6F587C #8E759D #AB99B6 #C9BDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8E759D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8E759D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E759D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E759D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E759D	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e759d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 117, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.066 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9dba',
    500: '#8e759d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e759d;
$custom-light: #af9dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e759d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 16.949,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60033,
    "c": 0.06607,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E759D

secondary

#B5BFAE

accent

#BA6E8A

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E759D

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

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