#8A5F8A#8A5F8A

#8A5F8A is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.083 H 326.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5F8A
RGB	rgb(138, 95, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(300, 31%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 25.03, -16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 30.17, 326.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.0692 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.083 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1605, 15.4233, 26.0075)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5F8A #5F8A5F

analogous

#745F8A #8A5F8A #8A5F74

triadic

#8A5F8A #8A8A5F #5F8A8A

tetradic

#8A5F8A #8A745F #5F8A5F #5F748A

square

#8A5F8A #8A745F #5F8A5F #5F748A

split-complementary

#8A5F8A #748A5F #5F8A74

monochromatic

#422D42 #664666 #8A5F8A #A77FA7 #C0A3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#8A5F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#8A5F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5F8A

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5F8A	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D636F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 95, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.083 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8dac',
    500: '#8a5f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5f8a;
$custom-light: #ad8dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 18.455,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5462,
    "c": 0.08289,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5F8A

secondary

#96AE96

accent

#BB6D6D

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F4F0F4

border

#CECBCE

text

#100C10

muted

#7F7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5F8A

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

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