#8A8299#8A8299

#8A8299 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.035 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8299
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 10%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(261, 15%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 15%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 7.67, -11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 13.58, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.0183 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.035 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2125, 23.6684, 33.4237)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8299 #919982

analogous

#828599 #8A8299 #958299

triadic

#8A8299 #998A82 #82998A

tetradic

#8A8299 #998285 #919982 #829995

square

#8A8299 #998285 #919982 #829995

split-complementary

#8A8299 #999582 #859982

monochromatic

#4E4858 #6B647A #8A8299 #AAA4B4 #C9C5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#8A8299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8299

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8299	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E859A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.035 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca6b7',
    500: '#8a8299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8299;
$custom-light: #aca6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 10.132,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62147,
    "c": 0.03534,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8299

secondary

#BDC0B7

accent

#B3759D

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8299

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

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