#8E8296#8E8296

#8E8296 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.033 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8296
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 150)
HSL	hsl(276, 9%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(276, 13%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 8.45, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 12.39, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0219 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.033 312)
XYZ	xyz(24.6421, 23.9182, 32.1667)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8296 #8A9682

analogous

#848296 #8E8296 #968294

triadic

#8E8296 #968E82 #82968E

tetradic

#8E8296 #968482 #8A9682 #829496

square

#8E8296 #968482 #8A9682 #829496

split-complementary

#8E8296 #949682 #829684

monochromatic

#504856 #6F6477 #8E8296 #ACA3B2 #CAC5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8E8296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8E8296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8296

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8296	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.033 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa6b4',
    500: '#8e8296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8296;
$custom-light: #afa6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 8.696,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62395,
    "c": 0.03267,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.23918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8296

secondary

#B9BEB6

accent

#B2768E

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8296

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

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