#8C87A8 — Violet

#8C87A8 is a violet in the Violet family. In practice it looks like a cool, desaturated medium slate gray, and it is also commonly known as Slate Gray, Cool Gray. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#8C87A8 color swatch, violet#8C87A8
CSS Namelightslategray (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f5f5f8
100#eae9ef
200#d9d7e3
300#c0bdd2
400#a29ebb
500#8b86a9
600#7a7495
700#65607e
800#54506a
900#47435a
950#292735

Accessibility

Contrast on white
3.42:1
Contrast on black
6.15:1
  • 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 0.004 291.9); /* #f5f5f8 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.008 291.9); /* #eae9ef */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.016 291.9); /* #d9d7e3 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.029 291.9); /* #c0bdd2 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.043 291.9); /* #a29ebb */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.052 291.9); /* #8b86a9 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.051 291.9); /* #7a7495 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.048 291.9); /* #65607e */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.042 291.9); /* #54506a */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.038 291.9); /* #47435a */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.027 291.9); /* #292735 */
}

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