#8A539B#8A539B

#8A539B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.124 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A539B
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 155)
HSL	hsl(286, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(286, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 46.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 35.49, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 46.57, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.33% 0.0921 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(53.33% 0.124 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4901, 13.9570, 32.6713)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A539B #649B53

analogous

#66539B #8A539B #9B5388

triadic

#8A539B #9B8A53 #539B8A

tetradic

#8A539B #9B6653 #649B53 #53889B

square

#8A539B #9B6653 #649B53 #53889B

split-complementary

#8A539B #889B53 #539B66

monochromatic

#43284B #673E73 #8A539B #A676B5 #C09ECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8A539B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8A539B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A539B

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A539B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A539B	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47659E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a539b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.124 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae85b9',
    500: '#8a539b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a539b;
$custom-light: #ae85b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a539b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.833,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53329,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A539B

secondary

#9BB892

accent

#C66179

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4EFF6

border

#CECAD0

text

#100B11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A539B

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

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