#8A429C#8A429C

#8A429C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.154 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A429C
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 156)
HSL	hsl(288, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(288, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 57.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, 44.84, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 57.61, 321.12°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% 0.1167 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.154 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4294, 11.7008, 32.7337)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A429C #549C42

analogous

#5D429C #8A429C #9C4281

triadic

#8A429C #9C8A42 #429C8A

tetradic

#8A429C #9C5D42 #549C42 #42819C

square

#8A429C #9C5D42 #549C42 #42819C

split-complementary

#8A429C #819C42 #429C5D

monochromatic

#3E1E46 #643071 #8A429C #A960BC #C08BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#8A429C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8A429C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A429C

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A429C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A429C	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48639A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a429c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.154 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7ab9',
    500: '#8a429c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a429c;
$custom-light: #ae7ab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a429c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50808,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A429C

secondary

#8CB981

accent

#D05770

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A429C

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

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