#8A788C#8A788C

#8A788C is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.037 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A788C
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 140)
HSL	hsl(294, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(294, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 10.76, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 13.58, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.0293 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.037 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9307, 20.7300, 27.6518)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A788C #7A8C78

analogous

#80788C #8A788C #8C7884

triadic

#8A788C #8C8A78 #788C8A

tetradic

#8A788C #8C8078 #7A8C78 #78848C

square

#8A788C #8C8078 #7A8C78 #78848C

split-complementary

#8A788C #848C78 #788C80

monochromatic

#493F4A #6A5B6B #8A788C #A799A8 #C3BAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8A788C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8A788C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A788C

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A788C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A788C	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a788c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.037 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fad',
    500: '#8a788c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a788c;
$custom-light: #ac9fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a788c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59594,
    "c": 0.0367,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A788C

secondary

#ACB4AB

accent

#B1777D

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A788C

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