#8A537D#8A537D

#8A537D is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.093 H 336.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A537D
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 125)
HSL	hsl(314, 25%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(314, 40%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, 29.48, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 32.66, 334.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% 0.085 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.093 336.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2761, 13.0714, 21.0111)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A537D #538A60

analogous

#7B538A #8A537D #8A5361

triadic

#8A537D #7D8A53 #537D8A

tetradic

#8A537D #8A7B53 #538A60 #53618A

square

#8A537D #8A7B53 #538A60 #53618A

split-complementary

#8A537D #618A53 #538A7B

monochromatic

#3E2538 #643C5A #8A537D #A9719C #C097B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#8A537D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8A537D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A537D

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A537D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A537D	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54607F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62687B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a537d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.093 336.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad84a2',
    500: '#8a537d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a537d;
$custom-light: #ad84a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a537d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 314.182,
    "s": 24.887,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51926,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 336.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A537D

secondary

#8BAE93

accent

#C17C66

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF3

border

#CECACD

text

#100B0F

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A537D

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

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