#8E8AA2#8E8AA2

#8E8AA2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.036 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8AA2
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(250, 11%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(250, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, 6.42, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 13.74, 297.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.014 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.036 293)
XYZ	xyz(26.7641, 26.5362, 37.8874)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8AA2 #9EA28A

analogous

#8A92A2 #8E8AA2 #9A8AA2

triadic

#8E8AA2 #A28E8A #8AA28E

tetradic

#8E8AA2 #A28A92 #9EA28A #8AA29A

square

#8E8AA2 #A28A92 #9EA28A #8AA29A

split-complementary

#8E8AA2 #A29A8A #92A28A

monochromatic

#524F63 #6E6A85 #8E8AA2 #AFACBD #D0CED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#8E8AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#8E8AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8AA2

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8AA2	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.036 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afacbd',
    500: '#8e8aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8aa2;
$custom-light: #afacbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64501,
    "c": 0.0357,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.26536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8AA2

secondary

#C7C9BF

accent

#B473AA

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8AA2

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

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