#8A778E#8A778E

#8A778E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.041 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A778E
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 142)
HSL	hsl(290, 9%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(290, 16%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 11.75, -9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 15.27, 320.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0316 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.041 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9598, 20.5502, 28.3957)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A778E #7B8E77

analogous

#7E778E #8A778E #8E7786

triadic

#8A778E #8E8A77 #778E8A

tetradic

#8A778E #8E7E77 #7B8E77 #77868E

square

#8A778E #8E7E77 #7B8E77 #77868E

split-complementary

#8A778E #868E77 #778E7E

monochromatic

#493F4C #6A5B6D #8A778E #A798AA #C4BAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8A778E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8A778E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A778E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A778E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A778E	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a778e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.041 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9eaf',
    500: '#8a778e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a778e;
$custom-light: #ac9eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a778e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.565,
    "s": 9.237,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59462,
    "c": 0.04102,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A778E

secondary

#ADB5AB

accent

#B27680

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A778E

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

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