#8A478E#8A478E

#8A478E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.131 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A478E
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 142)
HSL	hsl(297, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(297, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 50%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 39.39, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 47.93, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.1079 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.131 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6165, 11.8636, 26.9479)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A478E #4B8E47

analogous

#67478E #8A478E #8E476F

triadic

#8A478E #8E8A47 #478E8A

tetradic

#8A478E #8E6747 #4B8E47 #476F8E

square

#8A478E #8E6747 #4B8E47 #476F8E

split-complementary

#8A478E #6F8E47 #478E67

monochromatic

#3B1E3C #623365 #8A478E #AC62B0 #C28BC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8A478E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A478E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A478E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A478E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A478E	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F5B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53648C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a478e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.131 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7daf',
    500: '#8a478e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a478e;
$custom-light: #ae7daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a478e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.62,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50766,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A478E

secondary

#83B080

accent

#C95E64

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A478E

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

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