#8A778D#8A778D

#8A778D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.040 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A778D
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 141)
HSL	hsl(292, 9%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(292, 16%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 11.54, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 14.77, 321.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.0312 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.04 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8851, 20.5203, 28.0021)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A778D #7A8D77

analogous

#7F778D #8A778D #8D7785

triadic

#8A778D #8D8A77 #778D8A

tetradic

#8A778D #8D7F77 #7A8D77 #77858D

square

#8A778D #8D7F77 #7A8D77 #77858D

split-complementary

#8A778D #858D77 #778D7F

monochromatic

#493F4B #6A5B6C #8A778D #A798A9 #C3BAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8A778D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8A778D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A778D

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A778D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A778D	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#757C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a778d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.040 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9eae',
    500: '#8a778d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a778d;
$custom-light: #ac9eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a778d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.818,
    "s": 8.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59425,
    "c": 0.03982,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A778D

secondary

#ACB5AB

accent

#B2767E

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A778D

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

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