#8A799B#8A799B

#8A799B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.054 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A799B
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(270, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 13.35, -15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 20.74, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.033 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.054 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2339, 21.4447, 33.9192)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A799B #8A9B79

analogous

#79799B #8A799B #9B799B

triadic

#8A799B #9B8A79 #799B8A

tetradic

#8A799B #9B7979 #8A9B79 #799B9B

square

#8A799B #9B7979 #8A9B79 #799B9B

split-complementary

#8A799B #9B9B79 #799B79

monochromatic

#4D4258 #6B5C7B #8A799B #A99CB5 #C7BFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8A799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#8A799B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A799B

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A799B	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77809A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.054 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fb8',
    500: '#8a799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a799b;
$custom-light: #ac9fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60369,
    "c": 0.05429,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A799B

secondary

#B8BFB1

accent

#B77094

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A799B

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

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