#8A489D#8A489D

#8A489D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.145 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A489D
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 157)
HSL	hsl(287, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(287, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 54.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 41.94, -34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 54.51, 320.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.1085 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.145 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8836, 12.4730, 33.3046)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A489D #5B9D48

analogous

#5F489D #8A489D #9D4886

triadic

#8A489D #9D8A48 #489D8A

tetradic

#8A489D #9D5F48 #5B9D48 #48869D

square

#8A489D #9D5F48 #5B9D48 #48869D

split-complementary

#8A489D #869D48 #489D5F

monochromatic

#402249 #653573 #8A489D #A868BA #C092CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8A489D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8A489D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A489D

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A489D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A489D	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C659B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a489d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.145 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7eba',
    500: '#8a489d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a489d;
$custom-light: #ae7eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a489d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.588,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51722,
    "c": 0.1454,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A489D

secondary

#93B988

accent

#CD5B74

background

#FAF7FB

surface

#F5EEF6

border

#CFC9D0

text

#110A11

muted

#807C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A489D

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

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