#8A5A8A#8A5A8A

#8A5A8A is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.092 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5A8A
RGB	rgb(138, 90, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 21%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 35%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 27.94, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 33.60, 326.26°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.0774 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.092 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7244, 14.5513, 25.8622)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5A8A #5A8A5A

analogous

#725A8A #8A5A8A #8A5A72

triadic

#8A5A8A #8A8A5A #5A8A8A

tetradic

#8A5A8A #8A725A #5A8A5A #5A728A

square

#8A5A8A #8A725A #5A8A5A #5A728A

split-complementary

#8A5A8A #728A5A #5A8A72

monochromatic

#402A40 #654265 #8A5A8A #A879A8 #C09EC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8A5A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8A5A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5A8A

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5A8A	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)

#57678C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 90, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.092 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad89ac',
    500: '#8a5a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5a8a;
$custom-light: #ad89ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 21.053,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53714,
    "c": 0.09247,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5A8A

secondary

#92AE92

accent

#BE6A6A

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4F0F4

border

#CECBCE

text

#100B10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5A8A

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

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