#8A4EA4#8A4EA4

#8A4EA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.143 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EA4
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 164)
HSL	hsl(282, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(282, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 52.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 40.22, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 54.30, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.1007 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.143 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9054, 13.5329, 36.6783)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EA4 #68A44E

analogous

#5F4EA4 #8A4EA4 #A44E93

triadic

#8A4EA4 #A48A4E #4EA48A

tetradic

#8A4EA4 #A45F4E #68A44E #4E93A4

square

#8A4EA4 #A45F4E #68A44E #4E93A4

split-complementary

#8A4EA4 #93A44E #4EA45F

monochromatic

#442751 #673A7B #8A4EA4 #A673BC #C09CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8A4EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A4EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EA4

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EA4	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A63A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D69A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.143 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae82bf',
    500: '#8a4ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ea4;
$custom-light: #ae82bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.86,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5302,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EA4

secondary

#9EBD91

accent

#CC5C7E

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5EFF7

border

#CFCAD0

text

#100A12

muted

#7F7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EA4

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

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