#8A4EA5#8A4EA5

#8A4EA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.144 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EA5
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 165)
HSL	hsl(281, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(281, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 52.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.61, 40.44, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.61, 54.81, 317.55°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.1008 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.144 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9961, 13.5692, 37.1558)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EA5 #69A54E

analogous

#5E4EA5 #8A4EA5 #A54E94

triadic

#8A4EA5 #A58A4E #4EA58A

tetradic

#8A4EA5 #A55E4E #69A54E #4E94A5

square

#8A4EA5 #A55E4E #69A54E #4E94A5

split-complementary

#8A4EA5 #94A54E #4EA55E

monochromatic

#442752 #673A7B #8A4EA5 #A673BD #C19DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8A4EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A4EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EA5

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EA5	1.00	5.65	3.71	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A64A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C69A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.144 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae82c0',
    500: '#8a4ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ea5;
$custom-light: #ae82c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53077,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EA5

secondary

#9FBD91

accent

#CC5C7F

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5EFF7

border

#CFCAD0

text

#110A12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EA5

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

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