#8A4AA8#8A4AA8

#8A4AA8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.154 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4AA8
RGB	rgb(138, 74, 168)
HSL	hsl(281, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(281, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 56%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, 43.26, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 58.78, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% 0.1066 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.154 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9967, 13.1285, 38.5189)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4AA8 #68A84A

analogous

#5B4AA8 #8A4AA8 #A84A97

triadic

#8A4AA8 #A88A4A #4AA88A

tetradic

#8A4AA8 #A85B4A #68A84A #4A97A8

square

#8A4AA8 #A85B4A #68A84A #4A97A8

split-complementary

#8A4AA8 #97A84A #4AA85B

monochromatic

#442553 #67377E #8A4AA8 #A66FC0 #C09AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#8A4AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8A4AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4AA8

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4AA8	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3162AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4767A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 74, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.154 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7fc2',
    500: '#8a4aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4aa8;
$custom-light: #ae7fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5265,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4AA8

secondary

#9EBF8F

accent

#CF597F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4AA8

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

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