#8D85A1#8D85A1

#8D85A1 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.042 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D85A1
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 161)
HSL	hsl(257, 13%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(257, 17%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 8.73, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 16.31, 302.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0201 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.042 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8038, 25.0109, 37.1795)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D85A1 #99A185

analogous

#858BA1 #8D85A1 #9B85A1

triadic

#8D85A1 #A18D85 #85A18D

tetradic

#8D85A1 #A1858B #99A185 #85A19B

square

#8D85A1 #A1858B #99A185 #85A19B

split-complementary

#8D85A1 #A19B85 #8BA185

monochromatic

#514B61 #6E6583 #8D85A1 #ADA8BC #CECAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8D85A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8D85A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D85A1

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D85A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D85A1	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8189A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d85a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.042 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea8bc',
    500: '#8d85a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d85a1;
$custom-light: #aea8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d85a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 12.963,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63335,
    "c": 0.04239,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D85A1

secondary

#C3C7BB

accent

#B672A2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D85A1

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

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