#8E708A#8E708A

#8E708A is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.053 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E708A
RGB	rgb(142, 112, 138)
HSL	hsl(308, 12%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(308, 21%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 16.50, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 19.14, 329.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0463 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.053 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5365, 19.1747, 26.6064)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E708A #708E74

analogous

#83708E #8E708A #8E707B

triadic

#8E708A #8A8E70 #708A8E

tetradic

#8E708A #8E8370 #708E74 #707B8E

square

#8E708A #8E8370 #708E74 #707B8E

split-complementary

#8E708A #7B8E70 #708E83

monochromatic

#4A3A47 #6C5569 #8E708A #A992A6 #C4B4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8E708A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8E708A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E708A

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E708A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E708A	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F778B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e708a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 112, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.053 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af99ac',
    500: '#8e708a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e708a;
$custom-light: #af99ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e708a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 11.811,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58303,
    "c": 0.05308,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E708A

secondary

#A6B4A8

accent

#B57C73

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E708A

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

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