#8E869A#8E869A

#8E869A is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.031 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E869A
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 154)
HSL	hsl(264, 9%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(264, 13%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 13%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 6.99, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 11.85, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.0171 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.031 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5121, 25.1341, 34.0729)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E869A #929A86

analogous

#86889A #8E869A #98869A

triadic

#8E869A #9A8E86 #869A8E

tetradic

#8E869A #9A8688 #929A86 #869A98

square

#8E869A #9A8688 #929A86 #869A98

split-complementary

#8E869A #9A9886 #889A86

monochromatic

#514B5A #6F677C #8E869A #ADA7B6 #CCC9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E869A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8E869A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E869A

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E869A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E869A	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e869a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.031 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa9b7',
    500: '#8e869a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e869a;
$custom-light: #afa9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e869a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 9.009,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63372,
    "c": 0.0309,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E869A

secondary

#BFC2BA

accent

#B2769A

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E869A

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

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