#8A809B#8A809B

#8A809B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.042 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A809B
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 155)
HSL	hsl(262, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(262, 17%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 17.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 9.27, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 16.02, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.0221 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.042 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1157, 23.2082, 34.2131)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A809B #919B80

analogous

#80839B #8A809B #97809B

triadic

#8A809B #9B8A80 #809B8A

tetradic

#8A809B #9B8083 #919B80 #809B97

square

#8A809B #9B8083 #919B80 #809B97

split-complementary

#8A809B #9B9780 #839B80

monochromatic

#4E475A #6B627C #8A809B #AAA2B6 #C9C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A809B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8A809B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A809B

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A809B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A809B	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#7B849C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D849A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a809b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.042 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4b8',
    500: '#8a809b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a809b;
$custom-light: #aca4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a809b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 11.894,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61805,
    "c": 0.04171,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A809B

secondary

#BDC1B6

accent

#B5739C

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A809B

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

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