#8A609E#8A609E

#8A609E is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.104 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A609E
RGB	rgb(138, 96, 158)
HSL	hsl(281, 24%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(281, 39%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 39.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 28.69, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 39.45, 316.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.0729 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.104 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8347, 16.2381, 34.3778)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A609E #749E60

analogous

#6B609E #8A609E #9E6093

triadic

#8A609E #9E8A60 #609E8A

tetradic

#8A609E #9E6B60 #749E60 #60939E

square

#8A609E #9E6B60 #749E60 #60939E

split-complementary

#8A609E #939E60 #609E6B

monochromatic

#473252 #694978 #8A609E #A686B5 #C2ACCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8A609E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8A609E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A609E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A609E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A609E	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60719C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a609e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 96, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.104 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8ebb',
    500: '#8a609e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a609e;
$custom-light: #ad8ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a609e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.645,
    "s": 24.409,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55711,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A609E

secondary

#A8BB9F

accent

#C16784

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C11

muted

#7F7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A609E

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

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