#8A408B#8A408B

#8A408B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.140 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A408B
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(299, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 54%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 42.47, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 50.80, 326.74°)
OKLab	oklab(49.59% 0.1177 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(49.59% 0.14 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9745, 10.9351, 25.6377)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A408B #418B40

analogous

#65408B #8A408B #8B4067

triadic

#8A408B #8B8A40 #408B8A

tetradic

#8A408B #8B6540 #418B40 #40678B

square

#8A408B #8B6540 #418B40 #40678B

split-complementary

#8A408B #678B40 #408B65

monochromatic

#371937 #602D61 #8A408B #B057B2 #C481C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#8A408B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#8A408B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A408B

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A408B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A408B	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38578D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a408b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.140 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae78ad',
    500: '#8a408b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a408b;
$custom-light: #ae78ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a408b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.2,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49591,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A408B

secondary

#78AF78

accent

#CD5B5C

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EDF4

border

#CFC8CE

text

#110910

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A408B

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

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