#817A99#817A99

#817A99 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.047 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#817A99
RGB	rgb(129, 122, 153)
HSL	hsl(254, 13%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(254, 20%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 9.22, -15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 18.21, 300.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.0202 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.047 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7613, 20.8860, 33.0157)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#817A99 #92997A

analogous

#7A8399 #817A99 #917A99

triadic

#817A99 #99817A #7A9981

tetradic

#817A99 #997A83 #92997A #7A9991

square

#817A99 #997A83 #92997A #7A9991

split-complementary

#817A99 #99917A #83997A

monochromatic

#474256 #635D79 #817A99 #A29DB4 #C3BFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#817A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#817A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #817A99

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##817A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##817A99	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	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)

#737E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #817a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 122, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.047 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5a0b7',
    500: '#817a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #817a99;
$custom-light: #a5a0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#817a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 13.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5968,
    "c": 0.04728,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#817A99

secondary

#BBBEB1

accent

#B672A7

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#0F0E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #817A99

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

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