#8A8396#8A8396

#8A8396 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.029 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8396
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 8%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(262, 13%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 12.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 6.45, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 11.25, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0157 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.029 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1015, 23.8379, 32.1797)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8396 #8F9683

analogous

#838596 #8A8396 #938396

triadic

#8A8396 #968A83 #83968A

tetradic

#8A8396 #968385 #8F9683 #839693

square

#8A8396 #968385 #8F9683 #839693

split-complementary

#8A8396 #969383 #859683

monochromatic

#4E4956 #6C6577 #8A8396 #A9A4B2 #C9C5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8A8396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8A8396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8396

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8396	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.029 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7b4',
    500: '#8a8396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8396;
$custom-light: #aca7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 8.297,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62247,
    "c": 0.0293,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8396

secondary

#BBBEB6

accent

#B1769C

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8396

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

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