#8C869E#8C869E

#8C869E is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.036 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C869E
RGB	rgb(140, 134, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 11%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(255, 15%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 7.15, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 13.92, 300.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0163 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.036 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5106, 25.0942, 35.8408)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C869E #989E86

analogous

#868C9E #8C869E #98869E

triadic

#8C869E #9E8C86 #869E8C

tetradic

#8C869E #9E868C #989E86 #869E98

square

#8C869E #9E868C #989E86 #869E98

split-complementary

#8C869E #9E9886 #8C9E86

monochromatic

#504B5E #6D6780 #8C869E #ACA8B9 #CDCAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8C869E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8C869E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C869E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C869E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C869E	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c869e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 134, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.036 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada9ba',
    500: '#8c869e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c869e;
$custom-light: #ada9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c869e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 11.009,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63344,
    "c": 0.03616,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C869E

secondary

#C2C5BB

accent

#B474A4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C869E

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

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