#8A729A#8A729A

#8A729A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.066 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A729A
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 154)
HSL	hsl(276, 17%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(276, 26%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 26%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 17.24, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 25.00, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.0437 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.066 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3303, 19.7712, 33.2054)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A729A #829A72

analogous

#76729A #8A729A #9A7296

triadic

#8A729A #9A8A72 #729A8A

tetradic

#8A729A #9A7672 #829A72 #72969A

square

#8A729A #9A7672 #829A72 #72969A

split-complementary

#8A729A #969A72 #729A76

monochromatic

#4B3D55 #6B5678 #8A729A #A896B4 #C5B9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8A729A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8A729A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A729A

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A729A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A729A	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a729a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.066 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9ab7',
    500: '#8a729a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a729a;
$custom-light: #ac9ab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a729a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 16.529,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58927,
    "c": 0.06586,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A729A

secondary

#B2BDAB

accent

#B96F8C

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A729A

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

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