#8A508A#8A508A

#8A508A is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.111 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A508A
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(300, 42%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, 33.66, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 40.31, 326.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% 0.0933 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.111 327)
XYZ	xyz(17.9370, 12.9764, 25.5997)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A508A #508A50

analogous

#6D508A #8A508A #8A506D

triadic

#8A508A #8A8A50 #508A8A

tetradic

#8A508A #8A6D50 #508A50 #506D8A

square

#8A508A #8A6D50 #508A50 #506D8A

split-complementary

#8A508A #6D8A50 #508A6D

monochromatic

#3D233D #633A63 #8A508A #AA6DAA #C194C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8A508A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8A508A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A508A

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A508A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A508A	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B608C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a508a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.111 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad83ac',
    500: '#8a508a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a508a;
$custom-light: #ad83ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a508a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 26.606,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51994,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.12976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A508A

secondary

#88AE88

accent

#C36565

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100B10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A508A

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

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