#8A4E9B#8A4E9B

#8A4E9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.133 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4E9B
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 155)
HSL	hsl(287, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(287, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 49.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, 38.27, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 49.78, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% 0.0996 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.133 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1212, 13.2193, 32.5483)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4E9B #5F9B4E

analogous

#634E9B #8A4E9B #9B4E85

triadic

#8A4E9B #9B8A4E #4E9B8A

tetradic

#8A4E9B #9B634E #5F9B4E #4E859B

square

#8A4E9B #9B634E #5F9B4E #4E859B

split-complementary

#8A4E9B #859B4E #4E9B63

monochromatic

#42254A #663A72 #8A4E9B #A76FB7 #C098CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8A4E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8A4E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4E9B

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4E9B	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40629E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A596D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.133 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae82b9',
    500: '#8a4e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4e9b;
$custom-light: #ae82b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.753,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52526,
    "c": 0.13304,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4E9B

secondary

#96B88D

accent

#C95F76

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5EFF6

border

#CFCAD0

text

#100A11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4E9B

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

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