#8A748E#8A748E

#8A748E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.047 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A748E
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 142)
HSL	hsl(291, 10%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(291, 18%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 13.51, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 17.38, 320.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.0364 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.047 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6084, 19.8474, 28.2785)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A748E #788E74

analogous

#7D748E #8A748E #8E7485

triadic

#8A748E #8E8A74 #748E8A

tetradic

#8A748E #8E7D74 #788E74 #74858E

square

#8A748E #8E7D74 #788E74 #74858E

split-complementary

#8A748E #858E74 #748E7D

monochromatic

#493D4B #69586D #8A748E #A696A9 #C3B8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#8A748E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#8A748E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A748E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A748E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A748E	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B767D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a748e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.047 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9caf',
    500: '#8a748e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a748e;
$custom-light: #ac9caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a748e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 10.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58851,
    "c": 0.0468,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A748E

secondary

#ABB5A9

accent

#B3757E

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A748E

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