#8A4EA7#8A4EA7

#8A4EA7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.146 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A4EA7
RGB	rgb(138, 78, 167)
HSL	hsl(280, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(280, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 53.3%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, 40.89, -38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 55.82, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.101 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.146 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1795, 13.6426, 38.1220)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A4EA7 #6BA74E

analogous

#5D4EA7 #8A4EA7 #A74E98

triadic

#8A4EA7 #A78A4E #4EA78A

tetradic

#8A4EA7 #A75D4E #6BA74E #4E98A7

square

#8A4EA7 #A75D4E #6BA74E #4E98A7

split-complementary

#8A4EA7 #98A74E #4EA75D

monochromatic

#452754 #683B7D #8A4EA7 #A674BE #C19ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8A4EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8A4EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A4EA7

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A4EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A4EA7	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3864AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B69A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a4ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 78, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.146 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae82c1',
    500: '#8a4ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a4ea7;
$custom-light: #ae82c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a4ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.449,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53191,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A4EA7

secondary

#A1BE92

accent

#CC5B80

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5EFF7

border

#CFCAD0

text

#110A12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A4EA7

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

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