#8D889E#8D889E

#8D889E is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.033 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D889E
RGB	rgb(141, 136, 158)
HSL	hsl(254, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(254, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 6.35, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 12.70, 299.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.0144 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.033 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9590, 25.7396, 35.9418)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D889E #999E88

analogous

#888E9E #8D889E #98889E

triadic

#8D889E #9E8D88 #889E8D

tetradic

#8D889E #9E888E #999E88 #889E98

square

#8D889E #9E888E #999E88 #889E98

split-complementary

#8D889E #9E9888 #8E9E88

monochromatic

#514D5F #6E6980 #8D889E #ADAAB9 #CECBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8D889E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8D889E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D889E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D889E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D889E	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d889e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 136, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.033 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaaba',
    500: '#8d889e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d889e;
$custom-light: #aeaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d889e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 10.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63849,
    "c": 0.03298,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D889E

secondary

#C3C5BC

accent

#B375A5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D889E

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

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