#8A5E84#8A5E84

#8A5E84 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.079 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E84
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 132)
HSL	hsl(308, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(308, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 4.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 24.43, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 28.13, 330.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.069 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.079 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6485, 15.0754, 23.7528)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E84 #5E8A64

analogous

#7A5E8A #8A5E84 #8A5E6E

triadic

#8A5E84 #848A5E #5E848A

tetradic

#8A5E84 #8A7A5E #5E8A64 #5E6E8A

square

#8A5E84 #8A7A5E #5E8A64 #5E6E8A

split-complementary

#8A5E84 #6E8A5E #5E8A7A

monochromatic

#412C3E #664561 #8A5E84 #A77EA2 #C0A2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#8A5E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#8A5E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E84

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E84	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E616C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.079 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8ca7',
    500: '#8a5e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e84;
$custom-light: #ad8ca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.182,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54186,
    "c": 0.07857,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E84

secondary

#96AE99

accent

#BC776C

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4F0F4

border

#CECBCE

text

#100C0F

muted

#7F7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E84

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