#8A49A8#8A49A8

#8A49A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.156 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49A8
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 168)
HSL	hsl(281, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(281, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 56.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, 43.79, -40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 59.38, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.108 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.156 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9305, 12.9961, 38.4968)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49A8 #67A849

analogous

#5B49A8 #8A49A8 #A84996

triadic

#8A49A8 #A88A49 #49A88A

tetradic

#8A49A8 #A85B49 #67A849 #4996A8

square

#8A49A8 #A85B49 #67A849 #4996A8

split-complementary

#8A49A8 #96A849 #49A85B

monochromatic

#442453 #67367D #8A49A8 #A66EC0 #C099D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8A49A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8A49A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49A8

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49A8	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F61AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4667A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.156 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fc2',
    500: '#8a49a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49a8;
$custom-light: #af7fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52504,
    "c": 0.15573,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49A8

secondary

#9DBF8E

accent

#CF587E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49A8

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

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