#8E889E#8E889E

#8E889E is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.033 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E889E
RGB	rgb(142, 136, 158)
HSL	hsl(256, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 6.70, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 12.76, 301.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.0155 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.033 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1298, 25.8277, 35.9498)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E889E #989E88

analogous

#888D9E #8E889E #99889E

triadic

#8E889E #9E8E88 #889E8E

tetradic

#8E889E #9E888D #989E88 #889E99

square

#8E889E #9E888D #989E88 #889E99

split-complementary

#8E889E #9E9988 #8D9E88

monochromatic

#524D5F #6F6980 #8E889E #AEAAB9 #CECBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8E889E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#8E889E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E889E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E889E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E889E	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e889e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 136, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.033 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaaba',
    500: '#8e889e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e889e;
$custom-light: #afaaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e889e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 10.185,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63935,
    "c": 0.03316,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E889E

secondary

#C3C5BC

accent

#B375A2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E889E

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

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