#8A708C#8A708C

#8A708C is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.052 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A708C
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 140)
HSL	hsl(296, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 20%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 20%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 15.45, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 19.22, 323.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.0422 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.052 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0084, 18.8855, 27.3444)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A708C #728C70

analogous

#7C708C #8A708C #8C7080

triadic

#8A708C #8C8A70 #708C8A

tetradic

#8A708C #8C7C70 #728C70 #70808C

square

#8A708C #8C7C70 #728C70 #70808C

split-complementary

#8A708C #808C70 #708C7C

monochromatic

#473A48 #68556A #8A708C #A692A8 #C2B4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#8A708C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8A708C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A708C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A708C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A708C	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E768D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B727A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a708c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.052 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac99ad',
    500: '#8a708c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a708c;
$custom-light: #ac99ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a708c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5797,
    "c": 0.05218,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A708C

secondary

#A6B2A5

accent

#B47478

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A708C

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

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