#8A4E95#8A4E95

#8A4E95 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.126 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E95
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 149)
HSL	hsl(291, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(291, 48%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 47.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, 37.01, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 46.84, 322.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.21% 0.0986 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(52.21% 0.126 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6298, 13.0227, 29.9602)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E95 #59954E

analogous

#674E95 #8A4E95 #954E7D

triadic

#8A4E95 #958A4E #4E958A

tetradic

#8A4E95 #95674E #59954E #4E7D95

square

#8A4E95 #95674E #59954E #4E7D95

split-complementary

#8A4E95 #7D954E #4E9567

monochromatic

#402445 #65396D #8A4E95 #A86DB3 #C096C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8A4E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8A4E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E95

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E95	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#446197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B576A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.126 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae81b4',
    500: '#8a4e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e95;
$custom-light: #ae81b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.704,
    "s": 31.278,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52211,
    "c": 0.12649,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E95

secondary

#91B48A

accent

#C76070

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4EFF6

border

#CECAD0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E95

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

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