#8A849A#8A849A

#8A849A is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.033 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A849A
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 154)
HSL	hsl(256, 10%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 6.74, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 12.83, 301.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.0156 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.033 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5641, 24.2388, 33.9500)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A849A #949A84

analogous

#84899A #8A849A #95849A

triadic

#8A849A #9A8A84 #849A8A

tetradic

#8A849A #9A8489 #949A84 #849A95

square

#8A849A #9A8489 #949A84 #849A95

split-complementary

#8A849A #9A9584 #899A84

monochromatic

#4E4A5A #6B657B #8A849A #AAA6B6 #CAC7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A849A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8A849A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A849A

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A849A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A849A	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a849a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.033 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7b7',
    500: '#8a849a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a849a;
$custom-light: #aca7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a849a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 9.821,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62603,
    "c": 0.03334,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A849A

secondary

#BFC1B8

accent

#B375A2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A849A

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

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