#8A538E#8A538E

#8A538E is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.110 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A538E
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 142)
HSL	hsl(296, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(296, 42%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 41.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 32.77, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 40.20, 324.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.68% 0.0895 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(52.68% 0.11 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4565, 13.5435, 27.2279)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A538E #578E53

analogous

#6D538E #8A538E #8E5375

triadic

#8A538E #8E8A53 #538E8A

tetradic

#8A538E #8E6D53 #578E53 #53758E

square

#8A538E #8E6D53 #578E53 #53758E

split-complementary

#8A538E #758E53 #538E6D

monochromatic

#3F2641 #643C67 #8A538E #A872AC #C098C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8A538E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A538E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A538E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A538E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A538E	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D6390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C698C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a538e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.110 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad85af',
    500: '#8a538e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a538e;
$custom-light: #ad85af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a538e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.932,
    "s": 26.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52683,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A538E

secondary

#8FB08D

accent

#C3656C

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100B10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A538E

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

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