#8E708E#8E708E

#8E708E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.057 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E708E
RGB	rgb(142, 112, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(300, 21%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 17.30, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 20.97, 325.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.0477 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.057 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8314, 19.2926, 28.1598)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E708E #708E70

analogous

#7F708E #8E708E #8E707F

triadic

#8E708E #8E8E70 #708E8E

tetradic

#8E708E #8E7F70 #708E70 #707F8E

square

#8E708E #8E7F70 #708E70 #707F8E

split-complementary

#8E708E #7F8E70 #708E7F

monochromatic

#4A3A4A #6C556C #8E708E #A992A9 #C4B4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8E708E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8E708E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E708E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E708E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E708E	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E778F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90727A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e708e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 112, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.057 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af99af',
    500: '#8e708e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e708e;
$custom-light: #af99af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e708e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.811,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58454,
    "c": 0.05737,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E708E

secondary

#A6B4A6

accent

#B57373

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E708E

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

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