#8A4E85#8A4E85

#8A4E85 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.110 H 330.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E85
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 133)
HSL	hsl(305, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(305, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, 33.81, -20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 39.37, 329.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.43% 0.0953 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(51.43% 0.11 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4390, 12.5464, 23.6889)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E85 #4E8A53

analogous

#714E8A #8A4E85 #8A4E67

triadic

#8A4E85 #858A4E #4E858A

tetradic

#8A4E85 #8A714E #4E8A53 #4E678A

square

#8A4E85 #8A714E #4E8A53 #4E678A

split-complementary

#8A4E85 #678A4E #4E8A71

monochromatic

#3C223A #63385F #8A4E85 #AB6AA6 #C191BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8A4E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8A4E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E85

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E85	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E5363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.110 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad81a8',
    500: '#8a4e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e85;
$custom-light: #ad81a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51431,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E85

secondary

#86AE8A

accent

#C46C64

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100A0F

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E85

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

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