#8F899E#8F899E

#8F899E is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.032 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F899E
RGB	rgb(143, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(257, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(257, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, 6.47, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 12.19, 302.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0151 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.032 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4437, 26.1995, 36.0050)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F899E #989E89

analogous

#898D9E #8F899E #99899E

triadic

#8F899E #9E8F89 #899E8F

tetradic

#8F899E #9E898D #989E89 #899E99

square

#8F899E #9E898D #989E89 #899E99

split-complementary

#8F899E #9E9989 #8D9E89

monochromatic

#534E5F #706980 #8F899E #AFABBA #CFCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#8F899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#8F899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F899E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F899E	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.032 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afabba',
    500: '#8f899e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f899e;
$custom-light: #afabba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 9.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64231,
    "c": 0.03167,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F899E

secondary

#C3C6BD

accent

#B375A1

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F899E

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

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