#8A4489#8A4489

#8A4489 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.132 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4489
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 137)
HSL	hsl(301, 34%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(301, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.15, 40.02, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.15, 47.49, 327.42°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.1116 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.132 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0634, 11.3446, 24.9530)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4489 #448A45

analogous

#68448A #8A4489 #8A4466

triadic

#8A4489 #898A44 #44898A

tetradic

#8A4489 #8A6844 #448A45 #44668A

square

#8A4489 #8A6844 #448A45 #44668A

split-complementary

#8A4489 #668A44 #448A68

monochromatic

#381C38 #613060 #8A4489 #AF5CAE #C385C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#8A4489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8A4489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4489

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4489	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E598B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.132 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7bab',
    500: '#8a4489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4489;
$custom-light: #ae7bab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.857,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50064,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4489

secondary

#7CAE7C

accent

#CA5F5E

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100910

muted

#7F7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4489

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

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