#8A488F#8A488F

#8A488F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.131 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A488F
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 143)
HSL	hsl(296, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(296, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 49.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 39.06, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 47.77, 324.84°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% 0.1066 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.131 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7561, 12.0220, 27.3665)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A488F #4D8F48

analogous

#67488F #8A488F #8F4870

triadic

#8A488F #8F8A48 #488F8A

tetradic

#8A488F #8F6748 #4D8F48 #48708F

square

#8A488F #8F6748 #4D8F48 #48708F

split-complementary

#8A488F #708F48 #488F67

monochromatic

#3B1F3E #633466 #8A488F #AB63B1 #C18CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8A488F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A488F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A488F

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A488F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A488F	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#405C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53648D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a488f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.131 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7db0',
    500: '#8a488f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a488f;
$custom-light: #ae7db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a488f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.775,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50969,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A488F

secondary

#85B182

accent

#C95F66

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A488F

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

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