#8B7899#8B7899

#8B7899 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.054 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7899
RGB	rgb(139, 120, 153)
HSL	hsl(275, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(275, 22%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 13.85, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 20.46, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.0351 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.054 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1127, 21.2220, 33.0095)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7899 #869978

analogous

#7A7899 #8B7899 #997896

triadic

#8B7899 #998B78 #78998B

tetradic

#8B7899 #997A78 #869978 #789699

square

#8B7899 #997A78 #869978 #789699

split-complementary

#8B7899 #969978 #78997A

monochromatic

#4D4156 #6C5B79 #8B7899 #A99BB3 #C7BECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8B7899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8B7899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7899

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7899	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 120, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.054 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fb7',
    500: '#8b7899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7899;
$custom-light: #ad9fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60181,
    "c": 0.05384,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7899

secondary

#B5BDAF

accent

#B7718F

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7899

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

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