#8B779B#8B779B

#8B779B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.058 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B779B
RGB	rgb(139, 119, 155)
HSL	hsl(273, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(273, 23%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, 14.87, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 22.22, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.0373 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.058 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1596, 21.0494, 33.8468)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B779B #879B77

analogous

#79779B #8B779B #9B7799

triadic

#8B779B #9B8B77 #779B8B

tetradic

#8B779B #9B7977 #879B77 #77999B

square

#8B779B #9B7977 #879B77 #77999B

split-complementary

#8B779B #999B77 #779B79

monochromatic

#4D4057 #6C5A7B #8B779B #A99AB5 #C7BECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#8B779B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#8B779B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B779B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B779B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B779B	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b779b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 119, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.058 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9eb8',
    500: '#8b779b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b779b;
$custom-light: #ad9eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b779b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6006,
    "c": 0.05837,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B779B

secondary

#B6BFAF

accent

#B87090

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B779B

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

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