#8A8093#8A8093

#8A8093 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.030 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8093
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 147)
HSL	hsl(272, 8%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 13%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 7.55, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 11.62, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.0192 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.031 309)
XYZ	xyz(23.4660, 22.9483, 30.7913)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8093 #899380

analogous

#818093 #8A8093 #938093

triadic

#8A8093 #938A80 #80938A

tetradic

#8A8093 #938180 #899380 #809393

square

#8A8093 #938180 #899380 #809393

split-complementary

#8A8093 #939380 #809381

monochromatic

#4D4652 #6B6274 #8A8093 #A8A1AF #C7C2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8A8093 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A8093 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8093

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8093	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8093	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8093;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.030 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4b2',
    500: '#8a8093',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8093;
$custom-light: #aca4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8093",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 8.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61509,
    "c": 0.0305,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.22948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8093

secondary

#B7BBB3

accent

#B17792

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8093

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

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