#8E84AE#8E84AE

#8E84AE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.063 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E84AE
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(254, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, 12.59, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 24.30, 301.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.0271 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.063 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0449, 25.3091, 43.4965)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E84AE #A4AE84

analogous

#848FAE #8E84AE #A384AE

triadic

#8E84AE #AE8E84 #84AE8E

tetradic

#8E84AE #AE848F #A4AE84 #84AEA3

square

#8E84AE #AE848F #A4AE84 #84AEA3

split-complementary

#8E84AE #AEA384 #8FAE84

monochromatic

#52496F #6D6194 #8E84AE #B0A9C6 #D2CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8E84AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8E84AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E84AE

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E84AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E84AE	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e84ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.063 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa7c6',
    500: '#8e84ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e84ae;
$custom-light: #afa7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e84ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63735,
    "c": 0.06305,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E84AE

secondary

#CBCFBF

accent

#BD6BAA

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E84AE

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

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