#8A579A#8A579A

#8A579A is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.116 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A579A
RGB	rgb(138, 87, 154)
HSL	hsl(286, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(286, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 43.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 33.01, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 43.44, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.0859 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.116 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7213, 14.5533, 32.3358)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A579A #679A57

analogous

#69579A #8A579A #9A5788

triadic

#8A579A #9A8A57 #579A8A

tetradic

#8A579A #9A6957 #679A57 #57889A

square

#8A579A #9A6957 #679A57 #57889A

split-complementary

#8A579A #889A57 #579A69

monochromatic

#442B4C #674173 #8A579A #A67AB4 #C0A1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8A579A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8A579A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A579A

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A579A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A579A	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C679C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A6071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a579a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 87, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.116 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad87b8',
    500: '#8a579a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a579a;
$custom-light: #ad87b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a579a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.672,
    "s": 27.801,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53945,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A579A

secondary

#9DB895

accent

#C4647B

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100B11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A579A

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

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