#8E8A9E#8E8A9E

#8E8A9E is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.030 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A9E
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(252, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(252, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, 5.55, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 11.49, 298.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.0125 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.03 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4141, 26.3963, 36.0445)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A9E #9A9E8A

analogous

#8A909E #8E8A9E #988A9E

triadic

#8E8A9E #9E8E8A #8A9E8E

tetradic

#8E8A9E #9E8A90 #9A9E8A #8A9E98

square

#8E8A9E #9E8A90 #9A9E8A #8A9E98

split-complementary

#8E8A9E #9E988A #909E8A

monochromatic

#524F5F #6F6A80 #8E8A9E #AEABBA #CFCDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#8E8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#8E8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A9E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A9E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.030 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afacba',
    500: '#8e8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a9e;
$custom-light: #afacba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64355,
    "c": 0.02984,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A9E

secondary

#C4C6BE

accent

#B275A6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A9E

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

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