#8A728E#8A728E

#8A728E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.051 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A728E
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 142)
HSL	hsl(291, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(291, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 14.68, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 18.79, 321.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.0397 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.051 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3804, 19.3913, 28.2025)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A728E #768E72

analogous

#7C728E #8A728E #8E7284

triadic

#8A728E #8E8A72 #728E8A

tetradic

#8A728E #8E7C72 #768E72 #72848E

square

#8A728E #8E7C72 #768E72 #72848E

split-complementary

#8A728E #848E72 #728E7C

monochromatic

#483B4A #69576C #8A728E #A694A9 #C2B6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8A728E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8A728E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A728E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A728E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A728E	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F788F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B757B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a728e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.051 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9aaf',
    500: '#8a728e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a728e;
$custom-light: #ac9aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a728e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 11.024,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58448,
    "c": 0.05066,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A728E

secondary

#A9B4A8

accent

#B4747D

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A728E

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

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