#8A8096#8A8096

#8A8096 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.035 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8096
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 150)
HSL	hsl(267, 9%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(267, 15%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 14.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 8.19, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 13.25, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.0203 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.035 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7044, 23.0437, 32.0473)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8096 #8C9680

analogous

#808196 #8A8096 #958096

triadic

#8A8096 #968A80 #80968A

tetradic

#8A8096 #968081 #8C9680 #809695

square

#8A8096 #968081 #8C9680 #809695

split-complementary

#8A8096 #969580 #819680

monochromatic

#4D4655 #6B6277 #8A8096 #A9A2B2 #C8C3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A8096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8A8096 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8096

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8096	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.035 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4b4',
    500: '#8a8096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8096;
$custom-light: #aca4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 9.483,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61618,
    "c": 0.03464,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8096

secondary

#B9BEB4

accent

#B27597

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8096

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

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