#8A488A#8A488A

#8A488A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.126 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A488A
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(300, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 38.07, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 45.46, 326.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% 0.1057 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.126 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3857, 11.8739, 25.4160)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A488A #488A48

analogous

#69488A #8A488A #8A4869

triadic

#8A488A #8A8A48 #488A8A

tetradic

#8A488A #8A6948 #488A48 #48698A

square

#8A488A #8A6948 #488A48 #48698A

split-complementary

#8A488A #698A48 #488A69

monochromatic

#3A1E3A #623362 #8A488A #AD62AD #C28AC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8A488A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A488A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A488A

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A488A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A488A	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a488a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.126 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7dac',
    500: '#8a488a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a488a;
$custom-light: #ae7dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a488a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50716,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A488A

secondary

#80AE80

accent

#C86060

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A488A

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

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