#8E779B#8E779B

#8E779B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.060 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E779B
RGB	rgb(142, 119, 155)
HSL	hsl(278, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(278, 23%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, 15.91, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 22.60, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.0409 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.06 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6676, 21.3113, 33.8707)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E779B #849B77

analogous

#7C779B #8E779B #9B7796

triadic

#8E779B #9B8E77 #779B8E

tetradic

#8E779B #9B7C77 #849B77 #77969B

square

#8E779B #9B7C77 #849B77 #77969B

split-complementary

#8E779B #969B77 #779B7C

monochromatic

#4F4057 #6F5A7B #8E779B #AB9AB5 #C9BECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#8E779B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#8E779B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E779B

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E779B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E779B	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77809A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e779b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 119, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.060 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9eb8',
    500: '#8e779b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e779b;
$custom-light: #af9eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e779b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60347,
    "c": 0.05975,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E779B

secondary

#B5BFAF

accent

#B8708A

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E779B

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

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