#8D889D#8D889D

#8D889D is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.032 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D889D
RGB	rgb(141, 136, 157)
HSL	hsl(254, 10%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(254, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, 6.13, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 12.14, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.014 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.032 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8733, 25.7053, 35.4903)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D889D #989D88

analogous

#888E9D #8D889D #97889D

triadic

#8D889D #9D8D88 #889D8D

tetradic

#8D889D #9D888E #989D88 #889D97

square

#8D889D #9D888E #989D88 #889D97

split-complementary

#8D889D #9D9788 #8E9D88

monochromatic

#514D5E #6E697F #8D889D #ADAAB9 #CDCBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8D889D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#8D889D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D889D

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D889D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D889D	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d889d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 136, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.032 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaaba',
    500: '#8d889d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d889d;
$custom-light: #aeaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d889d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63812,
    "c": 0.03153,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D889D

secondary

#C3C5BC

accent

#B375A4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D889D

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

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