#8A829C#8A829C

#8A829C is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.040 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A829C
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 156)
HSL	hsl(258, 12%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(258, 17%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 8.33, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 15.26, 303.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.0194 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.04 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4634, 23.7688, 34.7451)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A829C #949C82

analogous

#82879C #8A829C #97829C

triadic

#8A829C #9C8A82 #829C8A

tetradic

#8A829C #9C8287 #949C82 #829C97

square

#8A829C #9C8287 #949C82 #829C97

split-complementary

#8A829C #9C9782 #879C82

monochromatic

#4E485B #6B637D #8A829C #AAA4B7 #CAC6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A829C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A829C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A829C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A829C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A829C	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a829c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.040 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca6b9',
    500: '#8a829c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a829c;
$custom-light: #aca6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a829c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 11.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62259,
    "c": 0.03966,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A829C

secondary

#BFC2B8

accent

#B573A0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A829C

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

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