#8A49AA#8A49AA

#8A49AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.158 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A49AA
RGB	rgb(138, 73, 170)
HSL	hsl(280, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(280, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 57.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, 44.23, -41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 60.39, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.62% 0.1081 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(52.62% 0.158 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1182, 13.0712, 39.4856)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A49AA #69AA49

analogous

#5949AA #8A49AA #AA499A

triadic

#8A49AA #AA8A49 #49AA8A

tetradic

#8A49AA #AA5949 #69AA49 #499AAA

square

#8A49AA #AA5949 #69AA49 #499AAA

split-complementary

#8A49AA #9AAA49 #49AA59

monochromatic

#442454 #67377F #8A49AA #A66FC1 #C19AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#8A49AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8A49AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A49AA

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A49AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A49AA	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D62AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4567A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a49aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 73, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.158 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fc4',
    500: '#8a49aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a49aa;
$custom-light: #af7fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a49aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.206,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52623,
    "c": 0.15793,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A49AA

secondary

#9FC08F

accent

#D05880

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A49AA

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

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