#8A479F#8A479F

#8A479F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.149 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A479F
RGB	rgb(138, 71, 159)
HSL	hsl(286, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(286, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 55.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.87, 42.89, -36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.87, 56.10, 319.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1101 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.149 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9916, 12.4136, 34.1898)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A479F #5C9F47

analogous

#5E479F #8A479F #9F4788

triadic

#8A479F #9F8A47 #479F8A

tetradic

#8A479F #9F5E47 #5C9F47 #47889F

square

#8A479F #9F5E47 #5C9F47 #47889F

split-complementary

#8A479F #889F47 #479F5E

monochromatic

#41214A #653475 #8A479F #A768BB #C092CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#8A479F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8A479F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A479F

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A479F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A479F	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#345EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A659D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a479f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 71, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.149 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7dbc',
    500: '#8a479f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a479f;
$custom-light: #ae7dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a479f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.682,
    "s": 38.261,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51689,
    "c": 0.1492,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A479F

secondary

#94BA88

accent

#CE5A75

background

#FAF7FB

surface

#F5EEF6

border

#CFC9D0

text

#110A12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A479F

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

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