#8A809C#8A809C

#8A809C is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.043 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A809C
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 156)
HSL	hsl(261, 12%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(261, 18%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 9.49, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 16.57, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.0225 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.043 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2000, 23.2419, 34.6573)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A809C #929C80

analogous

#80849C #8A809C #98809C

triadic

#8A809C #9C8A80 #809C8A

tetradic

#8A809C #9C8084 #929C80 #809C98

square

#8A809C #9C8084 #929C80 #809C98

split-complementary

#8A809C #9C9880 #849C80

monochromatic

#4E475B #6B627D #8A809C #AAA2B7 #C9C5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A809C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A809C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A809C

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A809C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A809C	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D849B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a809c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.043 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4b9',
    500: '#8a809c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a809c;
$custom-light: #aca4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a809c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 12.389,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61843,
    "c": 0.04314,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A809C

secondary

#BEC2B6

accent

#B5739D

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A809C

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

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