#8A798D#8A798D

#8A798D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.036 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A798D
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 141)
HSL	hsl(291, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 10.38, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 13.37, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.028 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.036 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1256, 21.0014, 28.0822)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A798D #7C8D79

analogous

#80798D #8A798D #8D7986

triadic

#8A798D #8D8A79 #798D8A

tetradic

#8A798D #8D8079 #7C8D79 #79868D

square

#8A798D #8D8079 #7C8D79 #79868D

split-complementary

#8A798D #868D79 #798D80

monochromatic

#4A404B #6A5C6C #8A798D #A79AA9 #C4BBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#8A798D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#8A798D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A798D

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A798D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A798D	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)

#777D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a798d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.036 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fae',
    500: '#8a798d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a798d;
$custom-light: #ac9fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a798d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 8.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59837,
    "c": 0.03597,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A798D

secondary

#AEB5AC

accent

#B1777F

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A798D

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

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