#8A869E#8A869E

#8A869E is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.036 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A869E
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 158)
HSL	hsl(250, 11%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(250, 15%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 6.46, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 13.81, 297.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.014 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.036 293)
XYZ	xyz(25.1766, 24.9219, 35.8252)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A869E #9A9E86

analogous

#868E9E #8A869E #96869E

triadic

#8A869E #9E8A86 #869E8A

tetradic

#8A869E #9E868E #9A9E86 #869E96

square

#8A869E #9E868E #9A9E86 #869E96

split-complementary

#8A869E #9E9686 #8E9E86

monochromatic

#4F4B5E #6B6780 #8A869E #ABA8B9 #CCCAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A869E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8A869E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A869E

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A869E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A869E	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a869e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.036 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9ba',
    500: '#8a869e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a869e;
$custom-light: #aca9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a869e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 11.009,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63172,
    "c": 0.03589,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.24922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A869E

secondary

#C3C5BB

accent

#B474A9

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A869E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →