#8A718E#8A718E

#8A718E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.053 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A718E
RGB	rgb(138, 113, 142)
HSL	hsl(292, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 15.27, -12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 19.49, 321.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.0413 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.053 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2682, 19.1669, 28.1651)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A718E #758E71

analogous

#7B718E #8A718E #8E7184

triadic

#8A718E #8E8A71 #718E8A

tetradic

#8A718E #8E7B71 #758E71 #71848E

square

#8A718E #8E7B71 #758E71 #71848E

split-complementary

#8A718E #848E71 #718E7B

monochromatic

#483B4A #69566C #8A718E #A693A9 #C2B5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8A718E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A718E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A718E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A718E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A718E	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	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)

#6E778F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a718e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 113, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.053 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9aaf',
    500: '#8a718e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a718e;
$custom-light: #ac9aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a718e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.724,
    "s": 11.373,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58247,
    "c": 0.0526,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A718E

secondary

#A9B4A7

accent

#B4747C

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A718E

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