#8A429D#8A429D

#8A429D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.155 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A429D
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 157)
HSL	hsl(287, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 58%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 45.05, -36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 58.09, 320.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.1168 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.155 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5144, 11.7348, 33.1815)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A429D #559D42

analogous

#5C429D #8A429D #9D4282

triadic

#8A429D #9D8A42 #429D8A

tetradic

#8A429D #9D5C42 #559D42 #42829D

square

#8A429D #9D5C42 #559D42 #42829D

split-complementary

#8A429D #829D42 #429D5C

monochromatic

#3E1E47 #643072 #8A429D #A960BC #C08BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8A429D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A429D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A429D

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A429D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A429D	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47639B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a429d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.155 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7aba',
    500: '#8a429d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a429d;
$custom-light: #ae7aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a429d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.473,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50866,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A429D

secondary

#8DB982

accent

#D15771

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A429D

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

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