#8A609C#8A609C

#8A609C is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.102 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A609C
RGB	rgb(138, 96, 156)
HSL	hsl(282, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(282, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 38.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 28.25, -26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 38.41, 317.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.0724 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.102 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6639, 16.1698, 33.4786)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A609C #729C60

analogous

#6C609C #8A609C #9C6090

triadic

#8A609C #9C8A60 #609C8A

tetradic

#8A609C #9C6C60 #729C60 #60909C

square

#8A609C #9C6C60 #729C60 #60909C

split-complementary

#8A609C #909C60 #609C6C

monochromatic

#473150 #684976 #8A609C #A685B4 #C2ABCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8A609C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8A609C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A609C

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A609C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A609C	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60719A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a609c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 96, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.102 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8eb9',
    500: '#8a609c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a609c;
$custom-light: #ad8eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a609c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55615,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A609C

secondary

#A6BA9E

accent

#C06882

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C11

muted

#7F7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A609C

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

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