#8A4A97#8A4A97

#8A4A97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.136 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4A97
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 151)
HSL	hsl(290, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(290, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 51%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.06, 39.61, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.06, 50.34, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1049 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.136 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5153, 12.5359, 30.7165)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4A97 #57974A

analogous

#644A97 #8A4A97 #974A7E

triadic

#8A4A97 #978A4A #4A978A

tetradic

#8A4A97 #97644A #57974A #4A7E97

square

#8A4A97 #97644A #57974A #4A7E97

split-complementary

#8A4A97 #7E974A #4A9764

monochromatic

#3F2245 #64366E #8A4A97 #A869B5 #C092CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#8A4A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8A4A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4A97

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4A97	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D5F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B5469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.136 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7fb6',
    500: '#8a4a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4a97;
$custom-light: #ae7fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.87,
    "s": 34.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51693,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4A97

secondary

#8FB687

accent

#CA5D70

background

#FAF7FB

surface

#F5EEF6

border

#CFC9D0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4A97

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

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