#8A49A9#8A49A9

#8A49A9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.157 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49A9
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 169)
HSL	hsl(281, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(281, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 56.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, 44.01, -40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 59.89, 317.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.108 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.157 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0240, 13.0335, 38.9893)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49A9 #68A949

analogous

#5A49A9 #8A49A9 #A94998

triadic

#8A49A9 #A98A49 #49A98A

tetradic

#8A49A9 #A95A49 #68A949 #4998A9

square

#8A49A9 #A95A49 #68A949 #4998A9

split-complementary

#8A49A9 #98A949 #49A95A

monochromatic

#442454 #67377E #8A49A9 #A66FC1 #C099D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8A49A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8A49A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49A9

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49A9	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E62AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4567A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.157 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fc3',
    500: '#8a49a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49a9;
$custom-light: #af7fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.625,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52563,
    "c": 0.15683,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49A9

secondary

#9EBF8E

accent

#D0587F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49A9

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

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