#8A4E97#8A4E97

#8A4E97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.129 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E97
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 151)
HSL	hsl(289, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(289, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 48.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, 37.42, -29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 47.81, 321.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.32% 0.099 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(52.32% 0.129 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7909, 13.0871, 30.8084)
Luminance	0.1309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E97 #5B974E

analogous

#654E97 #8A4E97 #974E80

triadic

#8A4E97 #978A4E #4E978A

tetradic

#8A4E97 #97654E #5B974E #4E8097

square

#8A4E97 #97654E #5B974E #4E8097

split-complementary

#8A4E97 #80974E #4E9765

monochromatic

#402446 #65396F #8A4E97 #A86EB4 #C096C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#8A4E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8A4E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E97

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E97	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43619A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B586B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.129 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae81b6',
    500: '#8a4e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e97;
$custom-light: #ae81b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.315,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52315,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E97

secondary

#93B68B

accent

#C86072

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4EFF6

border

#CECAD0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E97

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

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