#8A488D#8A488D

#8A488D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.129 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A488D
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 141)
HSL	hsl(297, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(297, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 48.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 38.66, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 46.84, 325.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.1063 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.129 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6059, 11.9620, 26.5757)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A488D #4B8D48

analogous

#68488D #8A488D #8D486E

triadic

#8A488D #8D8A48 #488D8A

tetradic

#8A488D #8D6848 #4B8D48 #486E8D

square

#8A488D #8D6848 #4B8D48 #486E8D

split-complementary

#8A488D #6E8D48 #488D68

monochromatic

#3B1F3C #623364 #8A488D #AC63AF #C28BC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8A488D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A488D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A488D

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A488D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A488D	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#415C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54648B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a488d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.129 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7dae',
    500: '#8a488d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a488d;
$custom-light: #ae7dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a488d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.391,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50867,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A488D

secondary

#83B081

accent

#C95F64

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A488D

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

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