#8C86AC — Violet

#8C86AC is a violet in the Violet family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty medium violet, and it is also commonly known as Violet, Amethyst. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#8C86AC color swatch, violet#8C86AC
CSS Namelightslategray (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f5f5f8
100#eae9ef
200#d9d7e5
300#c0bdd5
400#a29dbf
500#8b85ad
600#7a739a
700#655f82
800#544f6d
900#47425d
950#292637

Accessibility

Contrast on white
3.43:1
Contrast on black
6.12:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.004 292); /* #f5f5f8 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.009 292); /* #eae9ef */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.018 292); /* #d9d7e5 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.033 292); /* #c0bdd5 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.049 292); /* #a29dbf */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.06 292); /* #8b85ad */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.058 292); /* #7a739a */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.055 292); /* #655f82 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.049 292); /* #544f6d */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.044 292); /* #47425d */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.031 292); /* #292637 */
}

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