#8A429E#8A429E

#8A429E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.156 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A429E
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 158)
HSL	hsl(287, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(287, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 58.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, 45.26, -37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 58.58, 320.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.1168 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.156 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6002, 11.7691, 33.6330)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A429E #569E42

analogous

#5C429E #8A429E #9E4284

triadic

#8A429E #9E8A42 #429E8A

tetradic

#8A429E #9E5C42 #569E42 #42849E

square

#8A429E #9E5C42 #569E42 #42849E

split-complementary

#8A429E #849E42 #429E5C

monochromatic

#3F1E48 #643073 #8A429E #A960BD #C08CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8A429E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A429E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A429E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A429E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A429E	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47639C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a429e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.156 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7abb',
    500: '#8a429e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a429e;
$custom-light: #af7abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a429e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50924,
    "c": 0.15618,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A429E

secondary

#8EBA82

accent

#D15771

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A429E

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

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