#8A8196#8A8196

#8A8196 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.033 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8196
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 150)
HSL	hsl(266, 9%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(266, 14%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 14%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 7.61, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 12.58, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.0188 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.033 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8355, 23.3058, 32.0910)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8196 #8D9681

analogous

#818396 #8A8196 #958196

triadic

#8A8196 #968A81 #81968A

tetradic

#8A8196 #968183 #8D9681 #819695

square

#8A8196 #968183 #8D9681 #819695

split-complementary

#8A8196 #969581 #839681

monochromatic

#4D4755 #6B6377 #8A8196 #A9A2B2 #C8C4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A8196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8A8196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8196

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8196	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)

#7E8497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.033 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca5b4',
    500: '#8a8196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8196;
$custom-light: #aca5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61827,
    "c": 0.03284,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8196

secondary

#BABEB5

accent

#B27698

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8196

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

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