#8A519B#8A519B

#8A519B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.128 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A519B
RGB	rgb(138, 81, 155)
HSL	hsl(286, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(286, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 47.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, 36.61, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 47.86, 319.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.0951 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.128 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3392, 13.6553, 32.6210)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A519B #629B51

analogous

#65519B #8A519B #9B5187

triadic

#8A519B #9B8A51 #519B8A

tetradic

#8A519B #9B6551 #629B51 #51879B

square

#8A519B #9B6551 #629B51 #51879B

split-complementary

#8A519B #879B51 #519B65

monochromatic

#42274B #663C73 #8A519B #A773B6 #C09BCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8A519B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8A519B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A519B

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A519B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A519B	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44649E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a519b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 81, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.128 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae84b9',
    500: '#8a519b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a519b;
$custom-light: #ae84b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a519b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.216,
    "s": 31.356,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53003,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A519B

secondary

#99B890

accent

#C86078

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4EFF6

border

#CECAD0

text

#100B11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A519B

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

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