#8A718D#8A718D

#8A718D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.051 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A718D
RGB	rgb(138, 113, 141)
HSL	hsl(294, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 20%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 15.06, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 19.00, 322.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0409 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.051 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1935, 19.1370, 27.7715)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A718D #748D71

analogous

#7C718D #8A718D #8D7182

triadic

#8A718D #8D8A71 #718D8A

tetradic

#8A718D #8D7C71 #748D71 #71828D

square

#8A718D #8D7C71 #748D71 #71828D

split-complementary

#8A718D #828D71 #718D7C

monochromatic

#473B49 #69566B #8A718D #A693A8 #C2B5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8A718D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A718D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A718D

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A718D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A718D	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F778E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B747A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a718d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 113, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.051 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9aae',
    500: '#8a718d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a718d;
$custom-light: #ac9aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a718d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.571,
    "s": 11.024,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58209,
    "c": 0.05141,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A718D

secondary

#A8B3A7

accent

#B4747B

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A718D

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

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