#8A809E#8A809E

#8A809E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.046 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A809E
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 13%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(260, 19%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 9.93, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 17.69, 304.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.0232 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.046 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3707, 23.3102, 35.5565)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A809E #949E80

analogous

#80859E #8A809E #99809E

triadic

#8A809E #9E8A80 #809E8A

tetradic

#8A809E #9E8085 #949E80 #809E99

square

#8A809E #9E8085 #949E80 #809E99

split-complementary

#8A809E #9E9980 #859E80

monochromatic

#4E475D #6B617F #8A809E #AAA3B9 #CAC5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8A809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A809E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A809E	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)

#7A859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87848A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.046 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4ba',
    500: '#8a809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a809e;
$custom-light: #aca4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 13.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6192,
    "c": 0.046,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A809E

secondary

#BFC3B7

accent

#B6729F

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A809E

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

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