#8E748E#8E748E

#8E748E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.050 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E748E
RGB	rgb(142, 116, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 14.96, -10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 18.17, 325.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.0412 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.05 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2826, 20.1950, 28.3102)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E748E #748E74

analogous

#81748E #8E748E #8E7481

triadic

#8E748E #8E8E74 #748E8E

tetradic

#8E748E #8E8174 #748E74 #74818E

square

#8E748E #8E8174 #748E74 #74818E

split-complementary

#8E748E #818E74 #748E81

monochromatic

#4B3D4B #6D586D #8E748E #A996A9 #C5B8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#8E748E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#8E748E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E748E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E748E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E748E	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90767D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e748e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 116, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.050 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9caf',
    500: '#8e748e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e748e;
$custom-light: #af9caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e748e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59247,
    "c": 0.04963,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E748E

secondary

#A9B5A9

accent

#B37575

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E748E

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