#8C688E#8C688E

#8C688E is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.071 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C688E
RGB	rgb(140, 104, 142)
HSL	hsl(297, 15%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(297, 27%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 21.27, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 26.18, 324.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.0583 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.071 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6475, 17.4296, 27.8625)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C688E #6A8E68

analogous

#79688E #8C688E #8E687D

triadic

#8C688E #8E8C68 #688E8C

tetradic

#8C688E #8E7968 #6A8E68 #687D8E

square

#8C688E #8E7968 #6A8E68 #687D8E

split-complementary

#8C688E #7D8E68 #688E79

monochromatic

#463447 #694E6B #8C688E #A88AA9 #C2ADC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8C688E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8C688E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C688E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C688E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C688E	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c688e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 104, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.071 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae93af',
    500: '#8c688e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c688e;
$custom-light: #ae93af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c688e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 15.447,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56694,
    "c": 0.07138,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C688E

secondary

#A1B2A0

accent

#B87073

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F1F4

border

#CECBCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C688E

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

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