#8A8699#8A8699

#8A8699 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.029 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8699
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 153)
HSL	hsl(253, 9%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(253, 12%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 5.37, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 10.98, 299.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.0122 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.029 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7550, 24.7533, 33.6045)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8699 #959986

analogous

#868C99 #8A8699 #948699

triadic

#8A8699 #998A86 #86998A

tetradic

#8A8699 #99868C #959986 #869994

square

#8A8699 #99868C #959986 #869994

split-complementary

#8A8699 #999486 #8C9986

monochromatic

#4E4B59 #6B677B #8A8699 #AAA7B5 #CAC8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A8699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8A8699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8699

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8699	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.029 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9b7',
    500: '#8a8699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8699;
$custom-light: #aca9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 8.52,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62988,
    "c": 0.02853,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8699

secondary

#C0C1B9

accent

#B276A5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8699

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

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