#8D899F#8D899F

#8D899F is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.033 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D899F
RGB	rgb(141, 137, 159)
HSL	hsl(251, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(251, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 5.99, -11.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 12.63, 298.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.0132 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.033 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1869, 26.0571, 36.4441)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D899F #9B9F89

analogous

#89909F #8D899F #98899F

triadic

#8D899F #9F8D89 #899F8D

tetradic

#8D899F #9F8990 #9B9F89 #899F98

square

#8D899F #9F8990 #9B9F89 #899F98

split-complementary

#8D899F #9F9889 #909F89

monochromatic

#514E60 #6E6981 #8D899F #AEABBA #CECCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8D899F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#8D899F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D899F

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D899F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D899F	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d899f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 137, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.033 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeabbb',
    500: '#8d899f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d899f;
$custom-light: #aeabbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d899f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 10.28,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64095,
    "c": 0.03281,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D899F

secondary

#C5C6BE

accent

#B375A8

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D899F

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

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