#8E889C#8E889C

#8E889C is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.030 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E889C
RGB	rgb(142, 136, 156)
HSL	hsl(258, 9%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(258, 13%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 12.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 6.27, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 11.64, 302.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.0148 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.03 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9591, 25.7594, 35.0505)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E889C #969C88

analogous

#888C9C #8E889C #98889C

triadic

#8E889C #9C8E88 #889C8E

tetradic

#8E889C #9C888C #969C88 #889C98

square

#8E889C #9C888C #969C88 #889C98

split-complementary

#8E889C #9C9888 #8C9C88

monochromatic

#524D5D #6F697E #8E889C #AEA9B8 #CDCBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8E889C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8E889C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E889C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E889C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E889C	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e889c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 136, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.030 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaab9',
    500: '#8e889c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e889c;
$custom-light: #afaab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e889c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 9.174,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63863,
    "c": 0.03028,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E889C

secondary

#C2C4BC

accent

#B276A0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E889C

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

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