#8A409E#8A409E

#8A409E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.159 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A409E
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 158)
HSL	hsl(287, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(287, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 59.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 46.27, -37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 59.73, 320.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% 0.1195 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.159 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4854, 11.5394, 33.5947)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A409E #549E40

analogous

#5B409E #8A409E #9E4083

triadic

#8A409E #9E8A40 #409E8A

tetradic

#8A409E #9E5B40 #549E40 #40839E

square

#8A409E #9E5B40 #549E40 #40839E

split-complementary

#8A409E #839E40 #409E5B

monochromatic

#3E1D47 #642E72 #8A409E #A95EBE #C089CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8A409E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A409E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A409E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A409E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A409E	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45629C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a409e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.159 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af79bb',
    500: '#8a409e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a409e;
$custom-light: #af79bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a409e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.234,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50652,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A409E

secondary

#8CBA80

accent

#D25670

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A409E

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

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