#8A809A#8A809A

#8A809A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.040 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A809A
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 154)
HSL	hsl(263, 11%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(263, 17%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 9.05, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 15.46, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.0218 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.04 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0320, 23.1747, 33.7727)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A809A #909A80

analogous

#80839A #8A809A #97809A

triadic

#8A809A #9A8A80 #809A8A

tetradic

#8A809A #9A8083 #909A80 #809A97

square

#8A809A #9A8083 #909A80 #809A97

split-complementary

#8A809A #9A9780 #839A80

monochromatic

#4E4759 #6B627B #8A809A #A9A2B5 #C9C4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A809A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8A809A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A809A

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A809A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A809A	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a809a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.040 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4b7',
    500: '#8a809a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a809a;
$custom-light: #aca4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a809a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 11.404,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61767,
    "c": 0.04029,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A809A

secondary

#BCC0B5

accent

#B4739B

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A809A

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

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