#8A558B#8A558B

#8A558B is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.103 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A558B
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(299, 39%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 38.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, 31.02, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 37.46, 325.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.0857 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.103 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3895, 13.7651, 26.1094)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A558B #568B55

analogous

#6F558B #8A558B #8B5571

triadic

#8A558B #8B8A55 #558B8A

tetradic

#8A558B #8B6F55 #568B55 #55718B

square

#8A558B #8B6F55 #568B55 #55718B

split-complementary

#8A558B #718B55 #558B6F

monochromatic

#3F273F #643E65 #8A558B #A974AA #C099C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8A558B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8A558B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A558B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A558B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A558B	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51648D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a558b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.103 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad86ad',
    500: '#8a558b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a558b;
$custom-light: #ad86ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a558b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.889,
    "s": 24.107,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52883,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A558B

secondary

#8EAE8E

accent

#C16769

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100B10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A558B

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

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