#8A778F#8A778F

#8A778F is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.042 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A778F
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 143)
HSL	hsl(288, 10%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 17%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 11.96, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 15.78, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.032 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.042 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0353, 20.5804, 28.7929)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A778F #7C8F77

analogous

#7E778F #8A778F #8F7788

triadic

#8A778F #8F8A77 #778F8A

tetradic

#8A778F #8F7E77 #7C8F77 #77888F

square

#8A778F #8F7E77 #7C8F77 #77888F

split-complementary

#8A778F #888F77 #778F7E

monochromatic

#4A3F4D #6A5B6E #8A778F #A799AB #C4BAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8A778F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8A778F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A778F

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A778F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A778F	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a778f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.042 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9eaf',
    500: '#8a778f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a778f;
$custom-light: #ac9eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a778f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59499,
    "c": 0.04226,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A778F

secondary

#AEB6AC

accent

#B37582

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A778F

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

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