#8D859E#8D859E

#8D859E is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.038 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D859E
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 11%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(259, 16%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 8.07, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 14.64, 303.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.019 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.038 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5424, 24.9064, 35.8029)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D859E #969E85

analogous

#858A9E #8D859E #9A859E

triadic

#8D859E #9E8D85 #859E8D

tetradic

#8D859E #9E858A #969E85 #859E9A

square

#8D859E #9E858A #969E85 #859E9A

split-complementary

#8D859E #9E9A85 #8A9E85

monochromatic

#514B5E #6E6680 #8D859E #ADA7B9 #CDC9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8D859E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8D859E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D859E

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D859E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D859E	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A888D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d859e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.038 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea8ba',
    500: '#8d859e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d859e;
$custom-light: #aea8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d859e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 11.416,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63222,
    "c": 0.03807,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D859E

secondary

#C1C4BA

accent

#B473A0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D859E

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

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