#8E86A2#8E86A2

#8E86A2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.042 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E86A2
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 13%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(257, 17%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 8.72, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 16.29, 302.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.02 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.042 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2007, 25.4095, 37.6996)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E86A2 #9AA286

analogous

#868CA2 #8E86A2 #9C86A2

triadic

#8E86A2 #A28E86 #86A28E

tetradic

#8E86A2 #A2868C #9AA286 #86A29C

square

#8E86A2 #A2868C #9AA286 #86A29C

split-complementary

#8E86A2 #A29C86 #8CA286

monochromatic

#524B62 #6F6685 #8E86A2 #AEA9BD #CFCBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8E86A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8E86A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E86A2

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E86A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E86A2	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e86a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.042 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa9bd',
    500: '#8e86a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e86a2;
$custom-light: #afa9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e86a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 13.084,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63667,
    "c": 0.04233,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E86A2

secondary

#C4C7BC

accent

#B672A2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E86A2

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