#8A849C#8A849C

#8A849C is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.036 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A849C
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 11%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(255, 15%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 7.17, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 13.96, 300.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.0163 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.036 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7321, 24.3060, 34.8346)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A849C #969C84

analogous

#848A9C #8A849C #96849C

triadic

#8A849C #9C8A84 #849C8A

tetradic

#8A849C #9C848A #969C84 #849C96

square

#8A849C #9C848A #969C84 #849C96

split-complementary

#8A849C #9C9684 #8A9C84

monochromatic

#4E4A5C #6B657E #8A849C #AAA6B7 #CBC8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A849C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8A849C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A849C

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A849C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A849C	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a849c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.036 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7b9',
    500: '#8a849c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a849c;
$custom-light: #aca7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a849c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62677,
    "c": 0.03625,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A849C

secondary

#C0C3B9

accent

#B474A4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A849C

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

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