#8F899F#8F899F

#8F899F is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.033 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F899F
RGB	rgb(143, 137, 159)
HSL	hsl(256, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 6.69, -10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 12.75, 301.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0155 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.033 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5301, 26.2341, 36.4602)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F899F #999F89

analogous

#898E9F #8F899F #9A899F

triadic

#8F899F #9F8F89 #899F8F

tetradic

#8F899F #9F898E #999F89 #899F9A

square

#8F899F #9F898E #999F89 #899F9A

split-complementary

#8F899F #9F9A89 #8E9F89

monochromatic

#534E60 #706981 #8F899F #AFABBA #CFCCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#8F899F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#8F899F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F899F

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F899F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F899F	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f899f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 137, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.033 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afabbb',
    500: '#8f899f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f899f;
$custom-light: #afabbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f899f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 10.28,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64267,
    "c": 0.03312,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F899F

secondary

#C4C6BE

accent

#B375A2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F899F

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

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