#8A4D9D#8A4D9D

#8A4D9D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.137 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4D9D
RGB	rgb(138, 77, 157)
HSL	hsl(286, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(286, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 51%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 39.24, -33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 51.41, 319.76°)
OKLab	oklab(52.48% 0.1013 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(52.48% 0.137 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2201, 13.1460, 33.4167)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4D9D #609D4D

analogous

#624D9D #8A4D9D #9D4D88

triadic

#8A4D9D #9D8A4D #4D9D8A

tetradic

#8A4D9D #9D624D #609D4D #4D889D

square

#8A4D9D #9D624D #609D4D #4D889D

split-complementary

#8A4D9D #889D4D #4D9D62

monochromatic

#42254B #663974 #8A4D9D #A76FB8 #C098CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#8A4D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8A4D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4D9D

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4D9D	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)

#3E62A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50689B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A596E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 77, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.137 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae81ba',
    500: '#8a4d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4d9d;
$custom-light: #ae81ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.75,
    "s": 34.188,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52478,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4D9D

secondary

#97B98D

accent

#CA5E77

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5EFF6

border

#CFCAD0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4D9D

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

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