#8A50A5#8A50A5

#8A50A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.141 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A50A5
RGB	rgb(138, 80, 165)
HSL	hsl(281, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(281, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 51.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 39.35, -36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 53.55, 317.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.098 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.141 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1403, 13.8577, 37.2039)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A50A5 #6BA550

analogous

#5F50A5 #8A50A5 #A55095

triadic

#8A50A5 #A58A50 #50A58A

tetradic

#8A50A5 #A55F50 #6BA550 #5095A5

square

#8A50A5 #A55F50 #6BA550 #5095A5

split-complementary

#8A50A5 #95A550 #50A55F

monochromatic

#452853 #683C7C #8A50A5 #A676BC #C19FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A50A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A50A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A50A5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A50A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A50A5	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D65A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a50a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 80, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.141 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae83c0',
    500: '#8a50a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a50a5;
$custom-light: #ae83c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a50a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.941,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53387,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A50A5

secondary

#A1BD93

accent

#CB5D80

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5EFF7

border

#CFCAD0

text

#100B12

muted

#7F7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A50A5

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