#8E708C#8E708C

#8E708C is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.055 H 328.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E708C
RGB	rgb(142, 112, 140)
HSL	hsl(304, 12%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 21%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 16.90, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 20.04, 327.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.047 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.055 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6826, 19.2331, 27.3760)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E708C #708E72

analogous

#81708E #8E708C #8E707D

triadic

#8E708C #8C8E70 #708C8E

tetradic

#8E708C #8E8170 #708E72 #707D8E

square

#8E708C #8E8170 #708E72 #707D8E

split-complementary

#8E708C #7D8E70 #708E81

monochromatic

#4A3A49 #6C556A #8E708C #A992A8 #C4B4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8E708C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8E708C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E708C

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E708C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E708C	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F778D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90727A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e708c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 112, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.055 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af99ad',
    500: '#8e708c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e708c;
$custom-light: #af99ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e708c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 11.811,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58378,
    "c": 0.05519,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E708C

secondary

#A6B4A7

accent

#B57773

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E708C

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

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