#8A499F#8A499F

#8A499F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.146 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A499F
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 159)
HSL	hsl(285, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(285, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 54.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 41.83, -35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 54.89, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.1073 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.146 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1209, 12.6722, 34.2329)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A499F #5E9F49

analogous

#5F499F #8A499F #9F4989

triadic

#8A499F #9F8A49 #499F8A

tetradic

#8A499F #9F5F49 #5E9F49 #49899F

square

#8A499F #9F5F49 #5E9F49 #49899F

split-complementary

#8A499F #899F49 #499F5F

monochromatic

#41224B #663675 #8A499F #A76ABB #C094CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8A499F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A499F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A499F

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A499F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A499F	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3760A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C669D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a499f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.146 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7ebc',
    500: '#8a499f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a499f;
$custom-light: #ae7ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a499f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.349,
    "s": 37.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51982,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A499F

secondary

#96BA8A

accent

#CD5B77

background

#FAF7FB

surface

#F5EEF6

border

#CFC9D0

text

#110A12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A499F

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

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