#8A809F#8A809F

#8A809F is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.047 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A809F
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 159)
HSL	hsl(259, 14%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(259, 19%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 10.15, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 18.25, 303.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.0236 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.047 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4572, 23.3448, 36.0117)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A809F #959F80

analogous

#80869F #8A809F #9A809F

triadic

#8A809F #9F8A80 #809F8A

tetradic

#8A809F #9F8086 #959F80 #809F9A

square

#8A809F #9F8086 #959F80 #809F9A

split-complementary

#8A809F #9F9A80 #869F80

monochromatic

#4E475E #6B6181 #8A809F #AAA3B9 #CAC6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A809F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8A809F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A809F

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A809F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A809F	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87848A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a809f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.047 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4bb',
    500: '#8a809f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a809f;
$custom-light: #aca4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a809f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 13.901,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6196,
    "c": 0.04744,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A809F

secondary

#C0C4B7

accent

#B771A0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A809F

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

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