#8A869A#8A869A

#8A869A is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.030 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A869A
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 154)
HSL	hsl(252, 9%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(252, 13%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 13%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 5.58, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 11.55, 298.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.0125 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.03 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8379, 24.7865, 34.0413)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A869A #969A86

analogous

#868C9A #8A869A #94869A

triadic

#8A869A #9A8A86 #869A8A

tetradic

#8A869A #9A868C #969A86 #869A94

square

#8A869A #9A868C #969A86 #869A94

split-complementary

#8A869A #9A9486 #8C9A86

monochromatic

#4E4B5A #6B677C #8A869A #AAA7B6 #CBC9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A869A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A869A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A869A

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A869A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A869A	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a869a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.030 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9b7',
    500: '#8a869a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a869a;
$custom-light: #aca9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a869a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 9.009,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63025,
    "c": 0.02999,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A869A

secondary

#C0C2BA

accent

#B276A6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A869A

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

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