#8A708B#8A708B

#8A708B is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.051 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A708B
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 139)
HSL	hsl(298, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 15.24, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 18.74, 324.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.0418 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.051 325)
XYZ	xyz(20.9350, 18.8561, 26.9579)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A708B #718B70

analogous

#7D708B #8A708B #8B707F

triadic

#8A708B #8B8A70 #708B8A

tetradic

#8A708B #8B7D70 #718B70 #707F8B

square

#8A708B #8B7D70 #718B70 #707F8B

split-complementary

#8A708B #7F8B70 #708B7D

monochromatic

#473947 #685569 #8A708B #A691A7 #C2B3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8A708B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8A708B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A708B

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A708B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A708B	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E768C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74798A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a708b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.051 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac99ac',
    500: '#8a708b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a708b;
$custom-light: #ac99ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a708b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 10.757,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57932,
    "c": 0.05103,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.18856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A708B

secondary

#A6B2A5

accent

#B47476

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A708B

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

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