#8A799C#8A799C

#8A799C is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.056 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A799C
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 156)
HSL	hsl(269, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 13.57, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 21.28, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.0334 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.056 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3183, 21.4784, 34.3634)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A799C #8B9C79

analogous

#797A9C #8A799C #9C799C

triadic

#8A799C #9C8A79 #799C8A

tetradic

#8A799C #9C797A #8B9C79 #799C9C

square

#8A799C #9C797A #8B9C79 #799C9C

split-complementary

#8A799C #9C9C79 #7A9C79

monochromatic

#4D4259 #6B5C7C #8A799C #A99CB6 #C7BFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8A799C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A799C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A799C

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A799C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A799C	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#887E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a799c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.056 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fb9',
    500: '#8a799c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a799c;
$custom-light: #ac9fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a799c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 15.021,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60409,
    "c": 0.05566,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A799C

secondary

#B9C0B1

accent

#B87095

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A799C

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