#8A488B#8A488B

#8A488B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.127 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A488B
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(299, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 48.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, 38.27, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 45.92, 326.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.1059 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.127 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4585, 11.9030, 25.7990)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A488B #498B48

analogous

#69488B #8A488B #8B486B

triadic

#8A488B #8B8A48 #488B8A

tetradic

#8A488B #8B6948 #498B48 #486B8B

square

#8A488B #8B6948 #498B48 #486B8B

split-complementary

#8A488B #6B8B48 #488B69

monochromatic

#3A1E3A #623363 #8A488B #AD62AE #C28BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8A488B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A488B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A488B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A488B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A488B	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a488b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.127 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7dad',
    500: '#8a488b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a488b;
$custom-light: #ae7dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a488b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.104,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50766,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A488B

secondary

#81AE80

accent

#C86061

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A488B

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

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