#8D8299#8D8299

#8D8299 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.036 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8299
RGB	rgb(141, 130, 153)
HSL	hsl(269, 10%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 15%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 15%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 8.73, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 13.87, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.0218 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.036 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7159, 23.9280, 33.4473)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8299 #8E9982

analogous

#828299 #8D8299 #988299

triadic

#8D8299 #998D82 #82998D

tetradic

#8D8299 #998282 #8E9982 #829998

square

#8D8299 #998282 #8E9982 #829998

split-complementary

#8D8299 #999882 #829982

monochromatic

#504858 #6E647A #8D8299 #ACA4B4 #CAC5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8D8299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8D8299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8299

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8299	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 130, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.036 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea6b7',
    500: '#8d8299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8299;
$custom-light: #aea6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 10.132,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62413,
    "c": 0.03631,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8299

secondary

#BCC0B7

accent

#B37595

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8299

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

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