#8A799A#8A799A

#8A799A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.053 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A799A
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 154)
HSL	hsl(271, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 13.13, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 20.19, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.0327 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.053 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1503, 21.4112, 33.4788)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A799A #899A79

analogous

#7A799A #8A799A #9A799A

triadic

#8A799A #9A8A79 #799A8A

tetradic

#8A799A #9A7A79 #899A79 #799A9A

square

#8A799A #9A7A79 #899A79 #799A9A

split-complementary

#8A799A #9A9A79 #799A7A

monochromatic

#4D4257 #6B5C7A #8A799A #A89CB4 #C7BFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#8A799A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#8A799A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A799A

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A799A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A799A	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a799a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.053 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fb7',
    500: '#8a799a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a799a;
$custom-light: #ac9fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a799a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 14.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60329,
    "c": 0.05292,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A799A

secondary

#B7BEB0

accent

#B77193

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A799A

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

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