#8A599B#8A599B

#8A599B is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.113 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A599B
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 155)
HSL	hsl(285, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(285, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 42.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 32.08, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 42.61, 318.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.083 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.113 317)
XYZ	xyz(19.9692, 14.9151, 32.8310)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A599B #6A9B59

analogous

#69599B #8A599B #9B598B

triadic

#8A599B #9B8A59 #599B8A

tetradic

#8A599B #9B6959 #6A9B59 #598B9B

square

#8A599B #9B6959 #6A9B59 #598B9B

split-complementary

#8A599B #8B9B59 #599B69

monochromatic

#452C4D #674374 #8A599B #A67DB4 #C1A4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8A599B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8A599B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A599B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A599B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A599B	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E699D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A6273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a599b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.113 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad89b8',
    500: '#8a599b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a599b;
$custom-light: #ad89b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a599b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.545,
    "s": 27.049,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54336,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.14915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A599B

secondary

#A0B897

accent

#C3647D

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100B11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A599B

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

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