#8F798E#8F798E

#8F798E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.041 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F798E
RGB	rgb(143, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(303, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(303, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 0.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 12.40, -8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 14.87, 326.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.0344 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.041 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0470, 21.4678, 28.5155)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F798E #798F7A

analogous

#85798F #8F798E #8F7983

triadic

#8F798E #8E8F79 #798E8F

tetradic

#8F798E #8F8579 #798F7A #79838F

square

#8F798E #8F8579 #798F7A #79838F

split-complementary

#8F798E #838F79 #798F85

monochromatic

#4D404D #6E5C6E #8F798E #AB9AAA #C7BCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8F798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#8F798E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F798E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F798E	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D818D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.041 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09faf',
    500: '#8f798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f798e;
$custom-light: #b09faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.727,
    "s": 8.943,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60353,
    "c": 0.04073,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F798E

secondary

#ADB7AE

accent

#B27976

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F798E

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

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