#8B4E8A#8B4E8A

#8B4E8A is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.116 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4E8A
RGB	rgb(139, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(301, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(301, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.42, 35.10, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.42, 41.78, 327.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.0977 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.116 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9590, 12.7736, 25.5594)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4E8A #4E8B4F

analogous

#6E4E8B #8B4E8A #8B4E6B

triadic

#8B4E8A #8A8B4E #4E8A8B

tetradic

#8B4E8A #8B6E4E #4E8B4F #4E6B8B

square

#8B4E8A #8B6E4E #4E8B4F #4E6B8B

split-complementary

#8B4E8A #6B8B4E #4E8B6E

monochromatic

#3D223C #643863 #8B4E8A #AC6BAB #C292C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8B4E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8B4E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4E8A

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4E8A	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.116 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae81ac',
    500: '#8b4e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4e8a;
$custom-light: #ae81ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.984,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51792,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4E8A

secondary

#87AE87

accent

#C46563

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F5EFF4

border

#CFCACE

text

#100A10

muted

#7F7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4E8A

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

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