#8A779E#8A779E

#8A779E is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.062 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A779E
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 158)
HSL	hsl(269, 17%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 25%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 24.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 15.19, -18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 23.74, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.0371 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.062 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2485, 21.0657, 35.1824)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A779E #8B9E77

analogous

#77789E #8A779E #9E779E

triadic

#8A779E #9E8A77 #779E8A

tetradic

#8A779E #9E7778 #8B9E77 #779E9E

square

#8A779E #9E7778 #8B9E77 #779E9E

split-complementary

#8A779E #9E9E77 #789E77

monochromatic

#4D405A #6B5A7E #8A779E #A99BB7 #C7BED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8A779E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8A779E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A779E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A779E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A779E	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)

#707EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a779e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.062 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9eba',
    500: '#8a779e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a779e;
$custom-light: #ac9eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a779e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 16.738,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60088,
    "c": 0.06205,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A779E

secondary

#B9C1B0

accent

#B96E95

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A779E

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

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