#8D809E#8D809E

#8D809E is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.047 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D809E
RGB	rgb(141, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(266, 13%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 19%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, 10.97, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 17.95, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.0267 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.047 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8741, 23.5697, 35.5801)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D809E #919E80

analogous

#80829E #8D809E #9C809E

triadic

#8D809E #9E8D80 #809E8D

tetradic

#8D809E #9E8082 #919E80 #809E9C

square

#8D809E #9E8082 #919E80 #809E9C

split-complementary

#8D809E #9E9C80 #829E80

monochromatic

#50475D #6E617F #8D809E #ACA3B9 #CBC5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8D809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8D809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D809E

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D809E	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B848A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.047 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea4ba',
    500: '#8d809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d809e;
$custom-light: #aea4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 13.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62189,
    "c": 0.04686,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D809E

secondary

#BEC3B7

accent

#B67298

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D809E

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

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