#8A779F#8A779F

#8A779F is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.063 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A779F
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 159)
HSL	hsl(269, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 25%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 25.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 15.41, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 24.28, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.0374 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.063 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3349, 21.1002, 35.6376)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A779F #8C9F77

analogous

#77789F #8A779F #9E779F

triadic

#8A779F #9F8A77 #779F8A

tetradic

#8A779F #9F7778 #8C9F77 #779F9E

square

#8A779F #9F7778 #8C9F77 #779F9E

split-complementary

#8A779F #9F9E77 #789F77

monochromatic

#4D405B #6B5A7F #8A779F #A99BB8 #C8BFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#8A779F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#8A779F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A779F

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A779F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A779F	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a779f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.063 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9ebb',
    500: '#8a779f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a779f;
$custom-light: #ac9ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a779f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 17.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6013,
    "c": 0.06342,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A779F

secondary

#B9C1B0

accent

#BA6E96

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A779F

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

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