#8A599C#8A599C

#8A599C is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.115 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A599C
RGB	rgb(138, 89, 156)
HSL	hsl(284, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(284, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 42.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, 32.30, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 43.12, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% 0.0832 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.115 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0535, 14.9489, 33.2751)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A599C #6B9C59

analogous

#68599C #8A599C #9C598C

triadic

#8A599C #9C8A59 #599C8A

tetradic

#8A599C #9C6859 #6B9C59 #598C9C

square

#8A599C #9C6859 #6B9C59 #598C9C

split-complementary

#8A599C #8C9C59 #599C68

monochromatic

#452D4E #684375 #8A599C #A67DB5 #C1A4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#8A599C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#8A599C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A599C

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A599C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A599C	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E699E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a599c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 89, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.115 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad89b9',
    500: '#8a599c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a599c;
$custom-light: #ad89b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a599c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.881,
    "s": 27.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54386,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A599C

secondary

#A1B998

accent

#C4647E

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100B11

muted

#7F7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A599C

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

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