#8A8296#8A8296

#8A8296 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.031 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8296
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 150)
HSL	hsl(264, 9%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(264, 13%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 13.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 7.03, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 11.91, 306.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0172 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.031 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9679, 23.5706, 32.1351)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8296 #8E9682

analogous

#828496 #8A8296 #948296

triadic

#8A8296 #968A82 #82968A

tetradic

#8A8296 #968284 #8E9682 #829694

square

#8A8296 #968284 #8E9682 #829694

split-complementary

#8A8296 #969482 #849682

monochromatic

#4D4856 #6B6477 #8A8296 #A9A3B2 #C8C5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A8296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8A8296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8296

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8296	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.031 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca6b4',
    500: '#8a8296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8296;
$custom-light: #aca6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 8.696,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62037,
    "c": 0.03107,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8296

secondary

#BBBEB6

accent

#B2769A

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8296

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

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