#8A558E#8A558E

#8A558E is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.106 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A558E
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 142)
HSL	hsl(296, 25%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(296, 40%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 40.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 31.63, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 38.87, 324.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.0864 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.106 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6117, 13.8540, 27.2797)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A558E #598E55

analogous

#6E558E #8A558E #8E5576

triadic

#8A558E #8E8A55 #558E8A

tetradic

#8A558E #8E6E55 #598E55 #55768E

square

#8A558E #8E6E55 #598E55 #55768E

split-complementary

#8A558E #768E55 #558E6E

monochromatic

#402741 #653E68 #8A558E #A874AC #C09BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A558E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A558E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A558E

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A558E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A558E	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F6490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C5B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a558e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.106 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad86af',
    500: '#8a558e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a558e;
$custom-light: #ad86af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a558e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.789,
    "s": 25.11,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53022,
    "c": 0.10619,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A558E

secondary

#91B08F

accent

#C2666D

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4EFF4

border

#CECACE

text

#100B10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A558E

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

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