#8A798E#8A798E

#8A798E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.037 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A798E
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(289, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(289, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 10.58, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 13.87, 319.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.0284 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.037 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2004, 21.0313, 28.4759)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A798E #7D8E79

analogous

#80798E #8A798E #8E7988

triadic

#8A798E #8E8A79 #798E8A

tetradic

#8A798E #8E8079 #7D8E79 #79888E

square

#8A798E #8E8079 #7D8E79 #79888E

split-complementary

#8A798E #888E79 #798E80

monochromatic

#4A404C #6A5C6D #8A798E #A79AAA #C4BBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8A798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8A798E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A798E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A798E	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)

#777D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.037 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9faf',
    500: '#8a798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a798e;
$custom-light: #ac9faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 8.502,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59873,
    "c": 0.03719,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A798E

secondary

#AFB6AD

accent

#B27682

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A798E

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

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