#8A8097#8A8097

#8A8097 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.036 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8097
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 151)
HSL	hsl(266, 10%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(266, 15%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 8.40, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 13.80, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.0207 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.036 305)
XYZ	xyz(23.7853, 23.0760, 32.4732)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8097 #8D9780

analogous

#808297 #8A8097 #968097

triadic

#8A8097 #978A80 #80978A

tetradic

#8A8097 #978082 #8D9780 #809796

square

#8A8097 #978082 #8D9780 #809796

split-complementary

#8A8097 #979680 #829780

monochromatic

#4D4756 #6B6278 #8A8097 #A9A2B3 #C8C3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A8097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8A8097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8097

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8097	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.036 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4b5',
    500: '#8a8097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8097;
$custom-light: #aca4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 9.957,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61655,
    "c": 0.03605,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.23076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8097

secondary

#BABEB5

accent

#B37598

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8097

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

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