#8A538D#8A538D

#8A538D is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.109 H 325.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A538D
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(297, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(297, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 41.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.53, 32.57, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.53, 39.73, 325.05°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% 0.0893 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.109 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.3818, 13.5136, 26.8343)
Luminance	0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A538D #568D53

analogous

#6D538D #8A538D #8D5373

triadic

#8A538D #8D8A53 #538D8A

tetradic

#8A538D #8D6D53 #568D53 #53738D

square

#8A538D #8D6D53 #568D53 #53738D

split-complementary

#8A538D #738D53 #538D6D

monochromatic

#3F2640 #643C66 #8A538D #A971AC #C098C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8A538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A538D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A538D

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A538D	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)

#4D638F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C698B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.109 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad85ae',
    500: '#8a538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a538d;
$custom-light: #ad85ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.897,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52636,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A538D

secondary

#8EB08C

accent

#C2666A

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100B10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A538D

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

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