#8A7A8E#8A7A8E

#8A7A8E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.035 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7A8E
RGB	rgb(138, 122, 142)
HSL	hsl(288, 8%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 14%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 10.00, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 13.16, 319.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.0268 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.035 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3225, 21.2756, 28.5166)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7A8E #7E8E7A

analogous

#807A8E #8A7A8E #8E7A88

triadic

#8A7A8E #8E8A7A #7A8E8A

tetradic

#8A7A8E #8E807A #7E8E7A #7A888E

square

#8A7A8E #8E807A #7E8E7A #7A888E

split-complementary

#8A7A8E #888E7A #7A8E80

monochromatic

#4A414D #6A5D6E #8A7A8E #A79BAA #C4BCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8A7A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#8A7A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7A8E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7A8E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B808D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 122, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.035 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca0af',
    500: '#8a7a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7a8e;
$custom-light: #aca0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 8.13,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60079,
    "c": 0.03527,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7A8E

secondary

#AFB6AE

accent

#B17782

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7A8E

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

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