#8A7489#8A7489

#8A7489 is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.041 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7489
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 137)
HSL	hsl(303, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(303, 16%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 12.49, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 14.97, 326.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.0346 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.041 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2414, 19.7006, 26.3457)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7489 #748A75

analogous

#80748A #8A7489 #8A747E

triadic

#8A7489 #898A74 #74898A

tetradic

#8A7489 #8A8074 #748A75 #747E8A

square

#8A7489 #8A8074 #748A75 #747E8A

split-complementary

#8A7489 #7E8A74 #748A80

monochromatic

#473C47 #695868 #8A7489 #A695A5 #C2B6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8A7489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8A7489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7489

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7489	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73798A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.041 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9cab',
    500: '#8a7489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7489;
$custom-light: #ac9cab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.727,
    "s": 8.661,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58666,
    "c": 0.04102,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7489

secondary

#A8B2A8

accent

#B27976

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7489

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

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