#8A539D#8A539D

#8A539D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.127 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A539D
RGB	rgb(138, 83, 157)
HSL	hsl(285, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(285, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 47.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 35.92, -31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 47.57, 319.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.0925 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.127 317)
XYZ	xyz(19.6594, 14.0247, 33.5632)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A539D #669D53

analogous

#65539D #8A539D #9D538B

triadic

#8A539D #9D8A53 #539D8A

tetradic

#8A539D #9D6553 #669D53 #538B9D

square

#8A539D #9D6553 #669D53 #538B9D

split-complementary

#8A539D #8B9D53 #539D65

monochromatic

#44294D #673E75 #8A539D #A676B7 #C09ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#8A539D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8A539D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A539D

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A539D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A539D	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4665A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a539d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 83, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.127 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae85ba',
    500: '#8a539d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a539d;
$custom-light: #ae85ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a539d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.595,
    "s": 30.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53433,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.14024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A539D

secondary

#9DB993

accent

#C7617B

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4EFF6

border

#CECAD0

text

#100B11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A539D

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

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