#8A778C#8A778C

#8A778C is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.039 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A778C
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 140)
HSL	hsl(294, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(294, 15%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 15%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 11.34, -8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 14.28, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.0309 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.039 323)
XYZ	xyz(21.8110, 20.4907, 27.6120)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A778C #798C77

analogous

#7F778C #8A778C #8C7783

triadic

#8A778C #8C8A77 #778C8A

tetradic

#8A778C #8C7F77 #798C77 #77838C

square

#8A778C #8C7F77 #798C77 #77838C

split-complementary

#8A778C #838C77 #778C7F

monochromatic

#493F4A #6A5B6B #8A778C #A798A8 #C3B9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8A778C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8A778C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A778C

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A778C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A778C	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a778c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.039 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9ead',
    500: '#8a778c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a778c;
$custom-light: #ac9ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a778c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 8.367,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59389,
    "c": 0.03863,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.2049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A778C

secondary

#ACB4AB

accent

#B1767C

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A778C

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

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