#8A478A#8A478A

#8A478A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.127 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A478A
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 49%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 38.61, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 46.09, 326.91°)
OKLab	oklab(50.56% 0.1072 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(50.56% 0.127 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3216, 11.7456, 25.3946)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A478A #478A47

analogous

#68478A #8A478A #8A4768

triadic

#8A478A #8A8A47 #478A8A

tetradic

#8A478A #8A6847 #478A47 #47688A

square

#8A478A #8A6847 #478A47 #47688A

split-complementary

#8A478A #688A47 #478A68

monochromatic

#391D39 #623262 #8A478A #AE61AE #C289C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8A478A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A478A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A478A

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A478A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A478A	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)

#415B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a478a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.127 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7dac',
    500: '#8a478a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a478a;
$custom-light: #ae7dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a478a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 32.057,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50564,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A478A

secondary

#7FAE7F

accent

#C86060

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A478A

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

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