#8A5E95#8A5E95

#8A5E95 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.097 H 319.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5E95
RGB	rgb(138, 94, 149)
HSL	hsl(288, 23%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(288, 37%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 36.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 27.90, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 36.21, 320.40°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% 0.0739 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.097 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9080, 15.5792, 30.3863)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5E95 #69955E

analogous

#6E5E95 #8A5E95 #955E84

triadic

#8A5E95 #958A5E #5E958A

tetradic

#8A5E95 #956E5E #69955E #5E8495

square

#8A5E95 #956E5E #69955E #5E8495

split-complementary

#8A5E95 #84955E #5E956E

monochromatic

#442F4A #67466F #8A5E95 #A681AF #C1A6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8A5E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8A5E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5E95

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5E95	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 94, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.097 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8cb4',
    500: '#8a5e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5e95;
$custom-light: #ad8cb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 22.634,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54926,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5E95

secondary

#9FB59A

accent

#BF697A

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C11

muted

#7F7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5E95

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

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