#8A849E#8A849E

#8A849E is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.039 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A849E
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 158)
HSL	hsl(254, 12%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(254, 16%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 7.61, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 15.08, 300.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0171 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.039 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9028, 24.3743, 35.7339)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A849E #989E84

analogous

#848B9E #8A849E #97849E

triadic

#8A849E #9E8A84 #849E8A

tetradic

#8A849E #9E848B #989E84 #849E97

square

#8A849E #9E848B #989E84 #849E97

split-complementary

#8A849E #9E9784 #8B9E84

monochromatic

#4E4A5E #6B6580 #8A849E #ABA6B9 #CBC8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8A849E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8A849E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A849E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A849E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A849E	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86888D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a849e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.039 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7ba',
    500: '#8a849e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a849e;
$custom-light: #aca7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a849e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 11.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62752,
    "c": 0.03918,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A849E

secondary

#C2C4BA

accent

#B573A6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A849E

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

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