#8A429B#8A429B

#8A429B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.153 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A429B
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 155)
HSL	hsl(289, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(289, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 57.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.68, 44.64, -35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.68, 57.12, 321.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.1166 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.153 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3451, 11.6670, 32.2896)
Luminance	0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A429B #539B42

analogous

#5D429B #8A429B #9B427F

triadic

#8A429B #9B8A42 #429B8A

tetradic

#8A429B #9B5D42 #539B42 #427F9B

square

#8A429B #9B5D42 #539B42 #427F9B

split-complementary

#8A429B #7F9B42 #429B5D

monochromatic

#3E1D45 #643070 #8A429B #A95FBB #C08ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#8A429B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8A429B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A429B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A429B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A429B	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a429b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.153 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7ab9',
    500: '#8a429b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a429b;
$custom-light: #ae7ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a429b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.539,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5075,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A429B

secondary

#8BB881

accent

#D0586F

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A429B

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

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