#8A7490#8A7490

#8A7490 is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.049 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7490
RGB	rgb(138, 116, 144)
HSL	hsl(287, 11%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(287, 19%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 13.92, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 18.39, 319.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.0371 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.049 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7599, 19.9080, 29.0765)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7490 #7A9074

analogous

#7C7490 #8A7490 #907488

triadic

#8A7490 #908A74 #74908A

tetradic

#8A7490 #907C74 #7A9074 #748890

square

#8A7490 #907C74 #7A9074 #748890

split-complementary

#8A7490 #889074 #74907C

monochromatic

#493D4D #6A586F #8A7490 #A796AB #C3B8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8A7490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#8A7490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7490

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7490	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 116, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.049 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9cb0',
    500: '#8a7490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7490;
$custom-light: #ac9cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 11.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58927,
    "c": 0.04925,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7490

secondary

#ACB6AA

accent

#B47481

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7490

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

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