#8A6399#8A6399

#8A6399 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.093 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A6399
RGB	rgb(138, 99, 153)
HSL	hsl(283, 21%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(283, 35%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 35.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 25.84, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 34.82, 317.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.067 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.093 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6920, 16.6273, 32.2502)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A6399 #729963

analogous

#6F6399 #8A6399 #99638D

triadic

#8A6399 #998A63 #63998A

tetradic

#8A6399 #996F63 #729963 #638D99

square

#8A6399 #996F63 #729963 #638D99

split-complementary

#8A6399 #8D9963 #63996F

monochromatic

#47334F #684B74 #8A6399 #A688B2 #C2ADCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8A6399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8A6399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A6399

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A6399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A6399	1.00	4.86	4.33	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A6A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a6399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 99, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.093 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad90b7',
    500: '#8a6399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a6399;
$custom-light: #ad90b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a6399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56019,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A6399

secondary

#A6B89F

accent

#BE6A81

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C11

muted

#7F7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A6399

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

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