#8A508C#8A508C

#8A508C is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.113 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A508C
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 140)
HSL	hsl(298, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(298, 43%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 42.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 34.06, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 41.24, 325.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% 0.0938 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.113 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0831, 13.0349, 26.3693)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A508C #528C50

analogous

#6C508C #8A508C #8C5070

triadic

#8A508C #8C8A50 #508C8A

tetradic

#8A508C #8C6C50 #528C50 #50708C

square

#8A508C #8C6C50 #528C50 #50708C

split-complementary

#8A508C #708C50 #508C6C

monochromatic

#3D233E #643A65 #8A508C #AA6DAC #C194C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8A508C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8A508C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A508C

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A508C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A508C	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A608E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A688A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a508c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.113 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad83ae',
    500: '#8a508c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a508c;
$custom-light: #ad83ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a508c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52088,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A508C

secondary

#8AAF89

accent

#C46467

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100B10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A508C

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

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