#8A408A#8A408A

#8A408A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.140 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A408A
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(300, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.42, 42.28, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.42, 50.35, 327.13°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% 0.1176 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.14 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9018, 10.9060, 25.2546)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A408A #408A40

analogous

#65408A #8A408A #8A4065

triadic

#8A408A #8A8A40 #408A8A

tetradic

#8A408A #8A6540 #408A40 #40658A

square

#8A408A #8A6540 #408A40 #40658A

split-complementary

#8A408A #658A40 #408A65

monochromatic

#361936 #602D60 #8A408A #B156B1 #C480C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#8A408A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8A408A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A408A

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A408A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A408A	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39578C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a408a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.140 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae78ac',
    500: '#8a408a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a408a;
$custom-light: #ae78ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a408a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 36.634,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49538,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A408A

secondary

#77AF77

accent

#CD5B5B

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EDF4

border

#CFC8CE

text

#110910

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A408A

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

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