#8A779C#8A779C

#8A779C is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.059 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A779C
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 156)
HSL	hsl(271, 16%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 24%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 23.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 14.74, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 22.65, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.0365 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.059 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0777, 20.9974, 34.2832)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A779C #899C77

analogous

#78779C #8A779C #9C779C

triadic

#8A779C #9C8A77 #779C8A

tetradic

#8A779C #9C7877 #899C77 #779C9C

square

#8A779C #9C7877 #899C77 #779C9C

split-complementary

#8A779C #9C9C77 #779C78

monochromatic

#4D4058 #6B5A7C #8A779C #A89AB6 #C7BED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#8A779C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#8A779C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A779C

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A779C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A779C	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a779c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.059 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9eb9',
    500: '#8a779c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a779c;
$custom-light: #ac9eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a779c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 15.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60006,
    "c": 0.05931,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A779C

secondary

#B7BFB0

accent

#B86F93

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A779C

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

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