#8A4E87#8A4E87

#8A4E87 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.112 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E87
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 135)
HSL	hsl(303, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(303, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, 34.19, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 40.26, 328.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% 0.0958 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.112 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5785, 12.6022, 24.4235)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E87 #4E8A51

analogous

#6F4E8A #8A4E87 #8A4E69

triadic

#8A4E87 #878A4E #4E878A

tetradic

#8A4E87 #8A6F4E #4E8A51 #4E698A

square

#8A4E87 #8A6F4E #4E8A51 #4E698A

split-complementary

#8A4E87 #698A4E #4E8A6F

monochromatic

#3C223B #633861 #8A4E87 #AB6AA8 #C191BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8A4E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8A4E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E87

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E87	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E5364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.112 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad81aa',
    500: '#8a4e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e87;
$custom-light: #ad81aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51524,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E87

secondary

#86AE88

accent

#C46964

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E87

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

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