#8A478B#8A478B

#8A478B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.128 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A478B
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(299, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 48.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.86, 38.81, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.86, 46.54, 326.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.1074 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.128 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3943, 11.7747, 25.7776)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A478B #488B47

analogous

#68478B #8A478B #8B476A

triadic

#8A478B #8B8A47 #478B8A

tetradic

#8A478B #8B6847 #488B47 #476A8B

square

#8A478B #8B6847 #488B47 #476A8B

split-complementary

#8A478B #6A8B47 #478B68

monochromatic

#3A1E3A #623262 #8A478B #AD61AE #C289C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8A478B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A478B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A478B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A478B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A478B	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)

#415B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a478b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.128 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7dad',
    500: '#8a478b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a478b;
$custom-light: #ae7dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a478b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.118,
    "s": 32.381,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50614,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A478B

secondary

#80AE7F

accent

#C95F61

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A478B

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

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