#8A7799#8A7799

#8A7799 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.055 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7799
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 153)
HSL	hsl(274, 14%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 22%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, 14.08, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 21.02, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.0355 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.055 310)
XYZ	xyz(22.8268, 20.8970, 32.9618)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7799 #869977

analogous

#797799 #8A7799 #997797

triadic

#8A7799 #998A77 #77998A

tetradic

#8A7799 #997977 #869977 #779799

square

#8A7799 #997977 #869977 #779799

split-complementary

#8A7799 #979977 #779979

monochromatic

#4C4055 #6B5A78 #8A7799 #A89AB3 #C6BDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8A7799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8A7799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7799

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7799	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.055 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9eb7',
    500: '#8a7799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7799;
$custom-light: #ac9eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59885,
    "c": 0.05525,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.20897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7799

secondary

#B5BDAF

accent

#B77190

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7799

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

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