#8E799A#8E799A

#8E799A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.055 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E799A
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 154)
HSL	hsl(278, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(278, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 14.52, -14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 20.69, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.0374 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.055 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8245, 21.7589, 33.5104)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E799A #859A79

analogous

#7E799A #8E799A #9A7996

triadic

#8E799A #9A8E79 #799A8E

tetradic

#8E799A #9A7E79 #859A79 #79969A

square

#8E799A #9A7E79 #859A79 #79969A

split-complementary

#8E799A #969A79 #799A7E

monochromatic

#4F4257 #6F5C7A #8E799A #AB9CB4 #C9BFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8E799A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8E799A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E799A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E799A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E799A	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e799a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.055 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9fb7',
    500: '#8e799a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e799a;
$custom-light: #af9fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e799a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 14.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60707,
    "c": 0.05471,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E799A

secondary

#B5BEB0

accent

#B7718A

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100E11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E799A

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

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