#8A559C#8A559C

#8A559C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.122 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A559C
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 156)
HSL	hsl(285, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(285, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 45.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 34.58, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 45.76, 319.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.0893 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.122 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7296, 14.3012, 33.1671)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A559C #679C55

analogous

#67559C #8A559C #9C558B

triadic

#8A559C #9C8A55 #559C8A

tetradic

#8A559C #9C6755 #679C55 #558B9C

square

#8A559C #9C6755 #679C55 #558B9C

split-complementary

#8A559C #8B9C55 #559C67

monochromatic

#442A4D #673F74 #8A559C #A678B6 #C0A0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#8A559C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8A559C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A559C

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A559C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A559C	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49669F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a559c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.122 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad86b9',
    500: '#8a559c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a559c;
$custom-light: #ad86b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a559c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.789,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53711,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A559C

secondary

#9DB994

accent

#C6627B

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4EFF6

border

#CECAD0

text

#100B11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A559C

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

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