#8A5488#8A5488

#8A5488 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.102 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5488
RGB	rgb(138, 84, 136)
HSL	hsl(302, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(302, 39%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 1.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 31.00, -19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 36.74, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.58% 0.0865 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(52.58% 0.102 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0952, 13.5223, 24.9447)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5488 #548A56

analogous

#71548A #8A5488 #8A546D

triadic

#8A5488 #888A54 #54888A

tetradic

#8A5488 #8A7154 #548A56 #546D8A

square

#8A5488 #8A7154 #548A56 #546D8A

split-complementary

#8A5488 #6D8A54 #548A71

monochromatic

#3E263D #643D63 #8A5488 #A972A7 #C098BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#8A5488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#8A5488 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5488

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5488	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)

#51628A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 84, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.102 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad85ab',
    500: '#8a5488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5488;
$custom-light: #ad85ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.222,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52575,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5488

secondary

#8CAE8D

accent

#C16A67

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100B10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5488

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

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