#8A429F#8A429F

#8A429F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.157 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A429F
RGB	rgb(138, 66, 159)
HSL	hsl(286, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(286, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 58.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.90, 45.47, -37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.90, 59.06, 320.34°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.1169 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.157 318)
XYZ	xyz(18.6866, 11.8036, 34.0882)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A429F #579F42

analogous

#5C429F #8A429F #9F4286

triadic

#8A429F #9F8A42 #429F8A

tetradic

#8A429F #9F5C42 #579F42 #42869F

square

#8A429F #9F5C42 #579F42 #42869F

split-complementary

#8A429F #869F42 #429F5C

monochromatic

#3F1E49 #643074 #8A429F #A861BD #C08CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#8A429F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8A429F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A429F

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A429F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A429F	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C5CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46639D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a429f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 66, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.157 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7abc',
    500: '#8a429f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a429f;
$custom-light: #af7abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a429f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50983,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.11803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A429F

secondary

#8FBA82

accent

#D15772

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A429F

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

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