#8A779D#8A779D

#8A779D is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.061 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A779D
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 157)
HSL	hsl(270, 16%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 24%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 14.97, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 23.19, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.0368 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.061 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1627, 21.0314, 34.7310)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A779D #8A9D77

analogous

#77779D #8A779D #9D779D

triadic

#8A779D #9D8A77 #779D8A

tetradic

#8A779D #9D7777 #8A9D77 #779D9D

square

#8A779D #9D7777 #8A9D77 #779D9D

split-complementary

#8A779D #9D9D77 #779D77

monochromatic

#4D4059 #6B5A7D #8A779D #A99BB7 #C7BED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8A779D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8A779D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A779D

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A779D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A779D	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a779d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.061 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9eba',
    500: '#8a779d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a779d;
$custom-light: #ac9eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a779d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 16.239,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60047,
    "c": 0.06067,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A779D

secondary

#B8C0B0

accent

#B96F94

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A779D

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

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