#8A789B#8A789B

#8A789B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.056 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A789B
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 155)
HSL	hsl(271, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 23%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 22.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 13.94, -16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 21.42, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.0346 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.056 308)
XYZ	xyz(23.1130, 21.2029, 33.8789)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A789B #899B78

analogous

#79789B #8A789B #9B789B

triadic

#8A789B #9B8A78 #789B8A

tetradic

#8A789B #9B7978 #899B78 #789B9B

square

#8A789B #9B7978 #899B78 #789B9B

split-complementary

#8A789B #9B9B78 #789B79

monochromatic

#4D4158 #6B5B7B #8A789B #A89BB5 #C7BECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#8A789B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8A789B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A789B

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A789B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A789B	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a789b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.056 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fb8',
    500: '#8a789b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a789b;
$custom-light: #ac9fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a789b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60167,
    "c": 0.05611,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.21203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A789B

secondary

#B7BFB0

accent

#B87093

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A789B

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

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