#8A799E#8A799E

#8A799E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.058 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A799E
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(268, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 14.02, -17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 22.38, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.034 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.058 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4890, 21.5467, 35.2626)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A799E #8D9E79

analogous

#797B9E #8A799E #9D799E

triadic

#8A799E #9E8A79 #799E8A

tetradic

#8A799E #9E797B #8D9E79 #799E9D

square

#8A799E #9E797B #8D9E79 #799E9D

split-complementary

#8A799E #9E9D79 #7B9E79

monochromatic

#4D425B #6B5B7E #8A799E #A99DB8 #C8C0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#8A799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#8A799E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A799E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A799E	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.058 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fba',
    500: '#8a799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a799e;
$custom-light: #ac9fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 16.017,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6049,
    "c": 0.05843,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A799E

secondary

#BAC1B2

accent

#B96F97

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A799E

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

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