#8A799D#8A799D

#8A799D is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.057 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A799D
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 157)
HSL	hsl(268, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 13.79, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 21.83, 309.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.0337 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.057 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4033, 21.5124, 34.8111)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A799D #8C9D79

analogous

#797A9D #8A799D #9C799D

triadic

#8A799D #9D8A79 #799D8A

tetradic

#8A799D #9D797A #8C9D79 #799D9C

square

#8A799D #9D797A #8C9D79 #799D9C

split-complementary

#8A799D #9D9C79 #7A9D79

monochromatic

#4D425A #6B5C7D #8A799D #A99CB7 #C8C0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A799D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#8A799D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A799D

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A799D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A799D	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	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)

#737F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a799d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.057 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fba',
    500: '#8a799d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a799d;
$custom-light: #ac9fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a799d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6045,
    "c": 0.05704,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A799D

secondary

#B9C1B1

accent

#B87096

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A799D

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

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