#8A8599#8A8599

#8A8599 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.030 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8599
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 153)
HSL	hsl(255, 9%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(255, 13%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 5.94, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 11.62, 300.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.0137 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.03 297)
XYZ	xyz(24.6174, 24.4782, 33.5587)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8599 #949985

analogous

#858A99 #8A8599 #948599

triadic

#8A8599 #998A85 #85998A

tetradic

#8A8599 #99858A #949985 #859994

square

#8A8599 #99858A #949985 #859994

split-complementary

#8A8599 #999485 #8A9985

monochromatic

#4E4A59 #6B667A #8A8599 #AAA6B5 #CAC8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8A8599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8A8599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8599

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8599	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.030 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca8b7',
    500: '#8a8599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8599;
$custom-light: #aca8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 8.929,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62777,
    "c": 0.03019,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.24478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8599

secondary

#BFC1B9

accent

#B276A3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8599

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

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