#8A8397#8A8397

#8A8397 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.031 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8397
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 9%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(261, 13%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 6.67, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 11.80, 304.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.016 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.031 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1824, 23.8702, 32.6056)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8397 #909783

analogous

#838697 #8A8397 #948397

triadic

#8A8397 #978A83 #83978A

tetradic

#8A8397 #978386 #909783 #839794

square

#8A8397 #978386 #909783 #839794

split-complementary

#8A8397 #979483 #869783

monochromatic

#4E4957 #6B6578 #8A8397 #A9A4B3 #C9C6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8A8397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8A8397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8397

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8397	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)

#808698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.031 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7b5',
    500: '#8a8397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8397;
$custom-light: #aca7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62283,
    "c": 0.03073,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8397

secondary

#BCBFB7

accent

#B2769D

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8397

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

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