#8A718C#8A718C

#8A718C is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.050 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A718C
RGB	rgb(138, 113, 140)
HSL	hsl(296, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(296, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 14.86, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 18.51, 323.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.0406 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.05 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1194, 19.1074, 27.3814)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A718C #738C71

analogous

#7D718C #8A718C #8C7181

triadic

#8A718C #8C8A71 #718C8A

tetradic

#8A718C #8C7D71 #738C71 #71818C

square

#8A718C #8C7D71 #738C71 #71818C

split-complementary

#8A718C #818C71 #718C7D

monochromatic

#473A48 #69566A #8A718C #A693A8 #C2B5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8A718C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8A718C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A718C

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A718C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A718C	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F778D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B737A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a718c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 113, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.050 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9aad',
    500: '#8a718c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a718c;
$custom-light: #ac9aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a718c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.556,
    "s": 10.672,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58171,
    "c": 0.05025,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A718C

secondary

#A7B3A6

accent

#B47479

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A718C

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

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