#8A798F#8A798F

#8A798F is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.038 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A798F
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 143)
HSL	hsl(286, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 10.79, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 14.37, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.0288 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.038 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2758, 21.0614, 28.8730)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A798F #7E8F79

analogous

#7F798F #8A798F #8F7989

triadic

#8A798F #8F8A79 #798F8A

tetradic

#8A798F #8F7F79 #7E8F79 #79898F

square

#8A798F #8F7F79 #7E8F79 #79898F

split-complementary

#8A798F #898F79 #798F7F

monochromatic

#4A404D #6A5C6E #8A798F #A79AAB #C4BCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8A798F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8A798F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A798F

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A798F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A798F	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)

#777D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a798f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.038 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9faf',
    500: '#8a798f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a798f;
$custom-light: #ac9faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a798f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 8.943,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59909,
    "c": 0.03842,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A798F

secondary

#AFB7AD

accent

#B27684

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A798F

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

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