#8A839B#8A839B

#8A839B is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.036 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A839B
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 155)
HSL	hsl(258, 11%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(258, 15%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 7.53, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 14.04, 302.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0175 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.036 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5128, 24.0024, 34.3455)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A839B #949B83

analogous

#83889B #8A839B #96839B

triadic

#8A839B #9B8A83 #839B8A

tetradic

#8A839B #9B8388 #949B83 #839B96

square

#8A839B #9B8388 #949B83 #839B96

split-complementary

#8A839B #9B9683 #889B83

monochromatic

#4E495B #6B647C #8A839B #AAA5B6 #CAC7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8A839B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8A839B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A839B

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A839B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A839B	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a839b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.036 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7b8',
    500: '#8a839b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a839b;
$custom-light: #aca7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a839b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 10.714,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6243,
    "c": 0.03649,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A839B

secondary

#BFC2B8

accent

#B474A1

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A839B

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