#8A499C#8A499C

#8A499C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.143 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A499C
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 156)
HSL	hsl(287, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(287, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 53.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 41.19, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 53.41, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.107 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.143 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8637, 12.5694, 32.8785)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A499C #5B9C49

analogous

#60499C #8A499C #9C4985

triadic

#8A499C #9C8A49 #499C8A

tetradic

#8A499C #9C6049 #5B9C49 #49859C

square

#8A499C #9C6049 #5B9C49 #49859C

split-complementary

#8A499C #859C49 #499C60

monochromatic

#402249 #653572 #8A499C #A869B9 #C093CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8A499C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8A499C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A499C

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A499C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A499C	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#395F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D669A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a499c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.143 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7eb9',
    500: '#8a499c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a499c;
$custom-light: #ae7eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a499c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.988,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51814,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A499C

secondary

#93B888

accent

#CC5C74

background

#FAF7FB

surface

#F5EEF6

border

#CFC9D0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A499C

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

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