#8A499A#8A499A

#8A499A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.141 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A499A
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 154)
HSL	hsl(288, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(288, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 52.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 40.77, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 52.43, 321.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.1067 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.141 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6958, 12.5022, 31.9939)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A499A #599A49

analogous

#62499A #8A499A #9A4982

triadic

#8A499A #9A8A49 #499A8A

tetradic

#8A499A #9A6249 #599A49 #49829A

square

#8A499A #9A6249 #599A49 #49829A

split-complementary

#8A499A #829A49 #499A62

monochromatic

#402247 #653570 #8A499A #A869B8 #C092CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8A499A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8A499A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A499A

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A499A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A499A	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)

#3A5F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a499a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.141 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7eb8',
    500: '#8a499a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a499a;
$custom-light: #ae7eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a499a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.148,
    "s": 35.683,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51704,
    "c": 0.14052,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A499A

secondary

#91B788

accent

#CC5C72

background

#FAF7FB

surface

#F5EEF6

border

#CFC9D0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A499A

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

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