#784F86 is a mid-toned, temperate magenta. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #784F86 works with other colors. Named schemes with #784F86 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Plum sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Plum plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Plum anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Plum is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Plum carrying the quiet middle.
Plum is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Plum.
How #784F86 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #784F86 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #784F86;
--color-base-rgb: 120 79 134;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(49.5% 0.097 317.2);
--color-50: #F8F5FA;
--color-100: #EDE5F0;
--color-200: #DBCCE1;
--color-300: #C0A7C8;
--color-400: #A483AF;
--color-500: #866491;
--color-600: #695171;
--color-700: #4D3D52;
--color-800: #342A37;
--color-900: #201B22;
--color-on-base: #FFFFFF;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
plum: {
50: '#F8F5FA',
100: '#EDE5F0',
200: '#DBCCE1',
300: '#C0A7C8',
400: '#A483AF',
500: '#866491',
600: '#695171',
700: '#4D3D52',
800: '#342A37',
900: '#201B22',
},
}
$base: #784F86; $base-ink: #FFFFFF; $base-50: #F8F5FA; $base-100: #EDE5F0; $base-200: #DBCCE1; $base-300: #C0A7C8; $base-400: #A483AF; $base-500: #866491; $base-600: #695171; $base-700: #4D3D52; $base-800: #342A37; $base-900: #201B22; $base-hover: #613F6C; $base-subtle: #D7CADB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#784F86",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#FFFFFF",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F5FA",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDE5F0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DBCCE1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C0A7C8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A483AF",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#866491",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#695171",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D3D52",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#342A37",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#201B22",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}