#8A508B#8A508B

#8A508B is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.112 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A508B
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(299, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 42.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 33.86, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 40.78, 326.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.0936 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.112 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0097, 13.0055, 25.9828)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A508B #518B50

analogous

#6C508B #8A508B #8B506E

triadic

#8A508B #8B8A50 #508B8A

tetradic

#8A508B #8B6C50 #518B50 #506E8B

square

#8A508B #8B6C50 #518B50 #506E8B

split-complementary

#8A508B #6E8B50 #508B6C

monochromatic

#3D233D #633A64 #8A508B #AA6DAB #C194C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8A508B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8A508B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A508B

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A508B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A508B	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B608D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a508b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.112 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad83ad',
    500: '#8a508b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a508b;
$custom-light: #ad83ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a508b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.983,
    "s": 26.941,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52041,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A508B

secondary

#89AE89

accent

#C36566

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100B10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A508B

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

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