#8A489E#8A489E

#8A489E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.146 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A489E
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 158)
HSL	hsl(286, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(286, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 54.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, 42.15, -35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 55.00, 320.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% 0.1086 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.146 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9693, 12.5073, 33.7560)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A489E #5C9E48

analogous

#5F489E #8A489E #9E4887

triadic

#8A489E #9E8A48 #489E8A

tetradic

#8A489E #9E5F48 #5C9E48 #48879E

square

#8A489E #9E5F48 #5C9E48 #48879E

split-complementary

#8A489E #879E48 #489E5F

monochromatic

#41224A #653574 #8A489E #A769BB #C093CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8A489E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8A489E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A489E

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A489E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A489E	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#365FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B659C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a489e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.146 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7ebb',
    500: '#8a489e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a489e;
$custom-light: #ae7ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a489e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.047,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51778,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A489E

secondary

#94BA88

accent

#CD5A75

background

#FAF7FB

surface

#F5EEF6

border

#CFC9D0

text

#110A12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A489E

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

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