#8D899D#8D899D

#8D899D is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.030 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D899D
RGB	rgb(141, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(252, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(252, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 5.56, -10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 11.50, 298.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.0125 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.03 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0148, 25.9883, 35.5375)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D899D #999D89

analogous

#898F9D #8D899D #97899D

triadic

#8D899D #9D8D89 #899D8D

tetradic

#8D899D #9D898F #999D89 #899D97

square

#8D899D #9D898F #999D89 #899D97

split-complementary

#8D899D #9D9789 #8F9D89

monochromatic

#514E5E #6E6A7F #8D899D #ADAAB9 #CECCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#8D899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#8D899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D899D

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D899D	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.030 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeabba',
    500: '#8d899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d899d;
$custom-light: #aeabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 9.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64023,
    "c": 0.02988,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D899D

secondary

#C3C5BD

accent

#B276A6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D899D

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

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