#8A809D#8A809D

#8A809D is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.045 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A809D
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 13%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(261, 18%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 9.71, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 17.13, 304.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% 0.0229 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.045 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2850, 23.2759, 35.1051)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A809D #939D80

analogous

#80849D #8A809D #98809D

triadic

#8A809D #9D8A80 #809D8A

tetradic

#8A809D #9D8084 #939D80 #809D98

square

#8A809D #9D8084 #939D80 #809D98

split-complementary

#8A809D #9D9880 #849D80

monochromatic

#4E475C #6B617E #8A809D #AAA3B8 #CAC5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A809D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8A809D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A809D

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A809D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A809D	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87848A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a809d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.045 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4ba',
    500: '#8a809d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a809d;
$custom-light: #aca4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a809d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 12.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61882,
    "c": 0.04456,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A809D

secondary

#BEC2B6

accent

#B6729E

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A809D

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

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