#8A498D#8A498D

#8A498D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.127 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A498D
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 141)
HSL	hsl(297, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(297, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 48.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 38.12, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 46.21, 325.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.1048 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.127 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6711, 12.0923, 26.5974)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A498D #4C8D49

analogous

#68498D #8A498D #8D496E

triadic

#8A498D #8D8A49 #498D8A

tetradic

#8A498D #8D6849 #4C8D49 #496E8D

square

#8A498D #8D6849 #4C8D49 #496E8D

split-complementary

#8A498D #6E8D49 #498D68

monochromatic

#3B1F3C #633465 #8A498D #AC64AF #C18DC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8A498D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A498D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A498D

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A498D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A498D	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55648B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a498d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.127 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7eae',
    500: '#8a498d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a498d;
$custom-light: #ae7eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a498d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.353,
    "s": 31.776,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5102,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A498D

secondary

#84B082

accent

#C86064

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A498D

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

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