#8A799F#8A799F

#8A799F is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.060 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A799F
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 159)
HSL	hsl(267, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(267, 24%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 14.24, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 22.93, 308.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.0343 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.06 305)
XYZ	xyz(23.5754, 21.5813, 35.7178)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A799F #8E9F79

analogous

#797B9F #8A799F #9D799F

triadic

#8A799F #9F8A79 #799F8A

tetradic

#8A799F #9F797B #8E9F79 #799F9D

square

#8A799F #9F797B #8E9F79 #799F9D

split-complementary

#8A799F #9F9D79 #7B9F79

monochromatic

#4D425C #6B5B7F #8A799F #A99DB9 #C8C0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#8A799F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#8A799F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A799F

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A799F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A799F	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75809E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a799f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.060 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fbb',
    500: '#8a799f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a799f;
$custom-light: #ac9fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a799f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 16.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60531,
    "c": 0.05981,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.21581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A799F

secondary

#BBC2B2

accent

#B96F98

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A799F

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

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