#8A488C#8A488C

#8A488C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.128 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A488C
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 140)
HSL	hsl(298, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(298, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 48.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, 38.46, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 46.38, 326.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.1061 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.128 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5319, 11.9323, 26.1856)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A488C #4A8C48

analogous

#68488C #8A488C #8C486C

triadic

#8A488C #8C8A48 #488C8A

tetradic

#8A488C #8C6848 #4A8C48 #486C8C

square

#8A488C #8C6848 #4A8C48 #486C8C

split-complementary

#8A488C #6C8C48 #488C68

monochromatic

#3A1E3B #623364 #8A488C #AC63AF #C28BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8A488C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A488C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A488C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A488C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A488C	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#415C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54648A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a488c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.128 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7dae',
    500: '#8a488c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a488c;
$custom-light: #ae7dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a488c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.235,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50816,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A488C

secondary

#82AF81

accent

#C86063

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A488C

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

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