#8A559D#8A559D

#8A559D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.123 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A559D
RGB	rgb(138, 85, 157)
HSL	hsl(284, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(284, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 45.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.71, 34.79, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.71, 46.27, 318.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.0895 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.123 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8146, 14.3352, 33.6149)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A559D #689D55

analogous

#66559D #8A559D #9D558C

triadic

#8A559D #9D8A55 #559D8A

tetradic

#8A559D #9D6655 #689D55 #558C9D

square

#8A559D #9D6655 #689D55 #558C9D

split-complementary

#8A559D #8C9D55 #559D66

monochromatic

#442A4E #674075 #8A559D #A679B6 #C0A1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#8A559D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8A559D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A559D

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A559D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A559D	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4866A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a559d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 85, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.123 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad86ba',
    500: '#8a559d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a559d;
$custom-light: #ad86ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a559d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.167,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53762,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A559D

secondary

#9EB995

accent

#C6627C

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4EFF6

border

#CECAD0

text

#100B11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A559D

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

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