#8A708D#8A708D

#8A708D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.053 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A708D
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 141)
HSL	hsl(294, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 21%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 15.65, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 19.71, 322.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.0425 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.053 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0825, 18.9151, 27.7345)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A708D #738D70

analogous

#7C708D #8A708D #8D7082

triadic

#8A708D #8D8A70 #708D8A

tetradic

#8A708D #8D7C70 #738D70 #70828D

square

#8A708D #8D7C70 #738D70 #70828D

split-complementary

#8A708D #828D70 #708D7C

monochromatic

#473A49 #69556B #8A708D #A692A8 #C2B4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8A708D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8A708D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A708D

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A708D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A708D	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	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)

#6E778E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B737A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a708d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.053 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac99ae',
    500: '#8a708d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a708d;
$custom-light: #ac99ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a708d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.793,
    "s": 11.462,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58009,
    "c": 0.05335,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A708D

secondary

#A7B3A6

accent

#B4737A

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A708D

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

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