#8A509B#8A509B

#8A509B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.130 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A509B
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 155)
HSL	hsl(286, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(286, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 48.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.52, 37.16, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.52, 48.51, 320.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.84% 0.0966 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(52.84% 0.13 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2655, 13.5078, 32.5964)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A509B #619B50

analogous

#64509B #8A509B #9B5086

triadic

#8A509B #9B8A50 #509B8A

tetradic

#8A509B #9B6450 #619B50 #50869B

square

#8A509B #9B6450 #619B50 #50869B

split-complementary

#8A509B #869B50 #509B64

monochromatic

#42264A #663B73 #8A509B #A772B6 #C09ACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8A509B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A509B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A509B

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A509B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A509B	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43639E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a509b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.130 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae83b9',
    500: '#8a509b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a509b;
$custom-light: #ae83b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a509b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.4,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52843,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A509B

secondary

#98B88F

accent

#C86077

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4EFF6

border

#CECAD0

text

#100B11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A509B

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

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