#8C748E#8C748E

#8C748E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.048 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C748E
RGB	rgb(140, 116, 142)
HSL	hsl(295, 10%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(295, 18%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, 14.23, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 17.76, 323.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.0388 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.048 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9425, 20.0196, 28.2942)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C748E #768E74

analogous

#7F748E #8C748E #8E7483

triadic

#8C748E #8E8C74 #748E8C

tetradic

#8C748E #8E7F74 #768E74 #74838E

square

#8C748E #8E7F74 #768E74 #74838E

split-complementary

#8C748E #838E74 #748E7F

monochromatic

#4A3D4B #6B586D #8C748E #A896A9 #C4B8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8C748E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8C748E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C748E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C748E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C748E	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D767D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c748e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 116, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.048 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9caf',
    500: '#8c748e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c748e;
$custom-light: #ad9caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c748e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 10.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59048,
    "c": 0.04817,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C748E

secondary

#AAB5A9

accent

#B37579

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

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