#8A4E8F#8A4E8F

#8A4E8F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.120 H 324.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E8F
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 143)
HSL	hsl(295, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(295, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 45.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 35.78, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 43.96, 324.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% 0.0975 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.12 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1631, 12.8360, 27.5021)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E8F #538F4E

analogous

#694E8F #8A4E8F #8F4E73

triadic

#8A4E8F #8F8A4E #4E8F8A

tetradic

#8A4E8F #8F694E #538F4E #4E738F

square

#8A4E8F #8F694E #538F4E #4E738F

split-complementary

#8A4E8F #738F4E #4E8F69

monochromatic

#3E2340 #643867 #8A4E8F #A96CAF #C093C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8A4E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A4E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E8F

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E8F	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#476091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57678D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C5568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.120 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad81b0',
    500: '#8a4e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e8f;
$custom-light: #ad81b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51908,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E8F

secondary

#8BB188

accent

#C6626A

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E8F

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

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