#8A488E#8A488E

#8A488E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.130 H 325.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A488E
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 142)
HSL	hsl(297, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(297, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 49.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 38.86, -26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 47.30, 325.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.1064 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.13 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6807, 11.9919, 26.9693)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A488E #4C8E48

analogous

#67488E #8A488E #8E486F

triadic

#8A488E #8E8A48 #488E8A

tetradic

#8A488E #8E6748 #4C8E48 #486F8E

square

#8A488E #8E6748 #4C8E48 #486F8E

split-complementary

#8A488E #6F8E48 #488E67

monochromatic

#3B1F3D #633365 #8A488E #AC63B0 #C18CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8A488E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A488E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A488E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A488E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A488E	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#405C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53648C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a488e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.130 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7daf',
    500: '#8a488e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a488e;
$custom-light: #ae7daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a488e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.571,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50918,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A488E

secondary

#84B082

accent

#C95F65

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A488E

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

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