#8A8799#8A8799

#8A8799 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.027 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8799
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 153)
HSL	hsl(250, 8%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(250, 12%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 4.79, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 10.35, 297.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.0106 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.027 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8938, 25.0310, 33.6508)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8799 #969987

analogous

#878D99 #8A8799 #938799

triadic

#8A8799 #998A87 #87998A

tetradic

#8A8799 #99878D #969987 #879993

square

#8A8799 #99878D #969987 #879993

split-complementary

#8A8799 #999387 #8D9987

monochromatic

#4E4C5A #6B687B #8A8799 #AAA8B5 #CBC9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A8799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8A8799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8799

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8799	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.027 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9b7',
    500: '#8a8799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8799;
$custom-light: #aca9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.632,
    "c": 0.02689,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8799

secondary

#C0C2BA

accent

#B177A7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8799

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

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