#8E809A#8E809A

#8E809A is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.042 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E809A
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 154)
HSL	hsl(272, 11%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(272, 17%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 10.45, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 15.89, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.0265 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.042 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7062, 23.5224, 33.8043)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E809A #8C9A80

analogous

#81809A #8E809A #9A8099

triadic

#8E809A #9A8E80 #809A8E

tetradic

#8E809A #9A8180 #8C9A80 #80999A

square

#8E809A #9A8180 #8C9A80 #80999A

split-complementary

#8E809A #999A80 #809A81

monochromatic

#504759 #6F627B #8E809A #ACA2B5 #CBC4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8E809A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8E809A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E809A

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E809A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E809A	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e809a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.042 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa4b7',
    500: '#8e809a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e809a;
$custom-light: #afa4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e809a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 11.404,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62128,
    "c": 0.04172,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E809A

secondary

#BAC0B5

accent

#B47391

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E809A

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

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