#8A409B#8A409B

#8A409B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.156 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A409B
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 155)
HSL	hsl(289, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(289, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 58.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.31, 45.65, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.31, 58.28, 321.55°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% 0.1193 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.156 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2303, 11.4374, 32.2514)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A409B #519B40

analogous

#5C409B #8A409B #9B407E

triadic

#8A409B #9B8A40 #409B8A

tetradic

#8A409B #9B5C40 #519B40 #407E9B

square

#8A409B #9B5C40 #519B40 #407E9B

split-complementary

#8A409B #7E9B40 #409B5C

monochromatic

#3D1C44 #632E70 #8A409B #AA5CBC #C188CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#8A409B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A409B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A409B

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A409B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A409B	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a409b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.156 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af79b9',
    500: '#8a409b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a409b;
$custom-light: #af79b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a409b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.791,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50476,
    "c": 0.15625,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A409B

secondary

#89B87E

accent

#D1566D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A409B

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

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