#8A708E#8A708E

#8A708E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.055 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A708E
RGB	rgb(138, 112, 142)
HSL	hsl(292, 12%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 21%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 21.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 15.86, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 20.20, 321.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.0429 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.055 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1572, 18.9450, 28.1282)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A708E #748E70

analogous

#7B708E #8A708E #8E7083

triadic

#8A708E #8E8A70 #708E8A

tetradic

#8A708E #8E7B70 #748E70 #70838E

square

#8A708E #8E7B70 #748E70 #70838E

split-complementary

#8A708E #838E70 #708E7B

monochromatic

#473A4A #69556C #8A708E #A692A9 #C2B4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8A708E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A708E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A708E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A708E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A708E	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D778F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B737A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a708e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 112, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.055 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac99af',
    500: '#8a708e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a708e;
$custom-light: #ac99af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a708e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 11.811,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58047,
    "c": 0.05453,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A708E

secondary

#A8B4A6

accent

#B5737C

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A708E

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

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