#8077AE

Closest named color: Faded Purple (#916E99). oklch(59.9% 0.083 291.2), rgb(128, 119, 174).

Black text reads best on this color (5.16:1).

About this color

#8077AE is a medium-dark, moderately saturated purple. In OKLCH its lightness is 60%, its chroma 0.083 and its hue 291°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Faded Purple (#916E99), ΔE 0.042 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.16:1.

Hue family	Purples
Lightness	medium-dark (60%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.083)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Faded Purple (#916E99)
Black text	5.16:1
White text	4.06:1

Values

HEX	#8077AE
RGB	rgb(128, 119, 174)
HSL	hsl(250, 25%, 57%)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.083 291.2)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #8077AE	4.06:1	AA large text	Lc -73.3	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #8077AE	5.16:1	AA	Lc 36.3	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#8077AE text on white	4.06:1	AA large text	Lc 67.8	Content text, not long reading
#8077AE text on black	5.16:1	AA	Lc -33.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F9

oklch(97.1% 0.005 286.3)
Step 100
100

#EAE9F1

oklch(93.7% 0.011 291.9)
Step 200
200

#D9D7E7

oklch(88.6% 0.022 291.7)
Step 300
300

#C0BDDA

oklch(81% 0.041 290.2)
Step 400
400

#A09AC7

oklch(70.7% 0.065 290.7)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#8077AE

oklch(59.9% 0.083 291.2)
Step 600
600

#7469A4

oklch(55.5% 0.091 291.7)
Step 700
700

#61588D

oklch(49.2% 0.084 290.8)
Step 800
800

#4F4872

oklch(42.7% 0.069 290.8)
Step 900
900

#423C5C

oklch(37.6% 0.054 292.2)
Step 950
950

#262336

oklch(26.8% 0.035 291.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#8077AE with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#697FB0	0.036
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#697DAD	0.035
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#76808B	0.069
Achromatopsia (no color)	#7E7E7E	0.083