#8A4E99#8A4E99

#8A4E99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.131 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E99
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 153)
HSL	hsl(288, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(288, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 49%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.99, 37.84, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.99, 48.80, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.42% 0.0993 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(52.42% 0.131 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9547, 13.1527, 31.6711)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E99 #5D994E

analogous

#644E99 #8A4E99 #994E82

triadic

#8A4E99 #998A4E #4E998A

tetradic

#8A4E99 #99644E #5D994E #4E8299

square

#8A4E99 #99644E #5D994E #4E8299

split-complementary

#8A4E99 #82994E #4E9964

monochromatic

#412548 #653970 #8A4E99 #A76FB5 #C097CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8A4E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8A4E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E99

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E99	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41619C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B586C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.131 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae82b7',
    500: '#8a4e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e99;
$custom-light: #ae82b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5242,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E99

secondary

#95B78C

accent

#C95F74

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4EFF6

border

#CECAD0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E99

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

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