#8A478F#8A478F

#8A478F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.132 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A478F
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 143)
HSL	hsl(296, 34%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(296, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 50.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 39.59, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 48.39, 324.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.1081 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.132 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6920, 11.8938, 27.3451)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A478F #4C8F47

analogous

#66478F #8A478F #8F4770

triadic

#8A478F #8F8A47 #478F8A

tetradic

#8A478F #8F6647 #4C8F47 #47708F

square

#8A478F #8F6647 #4C8F47 #47708F

split-complementary

#8A478F #708F47 #478F66

monochromatic

#3B1E3D #633366 #8A478F #AC62B1 #C18BC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8A478F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A478F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A478F

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A478F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A478F	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E5C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52648D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a478f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.132 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7db0',
    500: '#8a478f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a478f;
$custom-light: #ae7db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a478f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.833,
    "s": 33.645,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50818,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A478F

secondary

#84B181

accent

#CA5E66

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A478F

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

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