#8A779B#8A779B

#8A779B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.058 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A779B
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 155)
HSL	hsl(272, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 23%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 23.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, 14.52, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 22.10, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.0361 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.058 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9934, 20.9636, 33.8391)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A779B #889B77

analogous

#78779B #8A779B #9B779A

triadic

#8A779B #9B8A77 #779B8A

tetradic

#8A779B #9B7877 #889B77 #779A9B

square

#8A779B #9B7877 #889B77 #779A9B

split-complementary

#8A779B #9A9B77 #779B78

monochromatic

#4C4057 #6B5A7B #8A779B #A89AB5 #C7BECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#8A779B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#8A779B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A779B

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A779B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A779B	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a779b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.058 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9eb8',
    500: '#8a779b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a779b;
$custom-light: #ac9eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a779b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59965,
    "c": 0.05795,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A779B

secondary

#B6BFAF

accent

#B87092

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A779B

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

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