#8B8399#8B8399

#8B8399 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.034 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8399
RGB	rgb(139, 131, 153)
HSL	hsl(262, 10%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(262, 14%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 7.45, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 13.00, 304.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.0179 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.034 302)
XYZ	xyz(24.5125, 24.0215, 33.4761)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8399 #919983

analogous

#838699 #8B8399 #968399

triadic

#8B8399 #998B83 #83998B

tetradic

#8B8399 #998386 #919983 #839996

square

#8B8399 #998386 #919983 #839996

split-complementary

#8B8399 #999683 #869983

monochromatic

#4F4959 #6C657A #8B8399 #AAA5B5 #CAC6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8B8399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8B8399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8399

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8399	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 131, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.034 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada7b7',
    500: '#8b8399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8399;
$custom-light: #ada7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 9.735,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62444,
    "c": 0.03387,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.24021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8399

secondary

#BDC0B7

accent

#B3759C

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8399

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

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