#8A5E8A#8A5E8A

#8A5E8A is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.085 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E8A
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 32%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 25.62, -17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 30.86, 326.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.0709 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.085 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0710, 15.2443, 25.9777)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E8A #5E8A5E

analogous

#745E8A #8A5E8A #8A5E74

triadic

#8A5E8A #8A8A5E #5E8A8A

tetradic

#8A5E8A #8A745E #5E8A5E #5E748A

square

#8A5E8A #8A745E #5E8A5E #5E748A

split-complementary

#8A5E8A #748A5E #5E8A74

monochromatic

#412C41 #664566 #8A5E8A #A77EA7 #C0A2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#8A5E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8A5E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E8A

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E8A	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B698C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D626E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.085 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8cac',
    500: '#8a5e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e8a;
$custom-light: #ad8cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54437,
    "c": 0.08482,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E8A

secondary

#96AE96

accent

#BC6C6C

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4F0F4

border

#CECBCE

text

#100C10

muted

#7F7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E8A

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

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