#8D499B#8D499B

#8D499B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.143 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D499B
RGB	rgb(141, 73, 155)
HSL	hsl(290, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(290, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 52.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 41.84, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 53.18, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.1106 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.143 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2827, 12.7952, 32.4580)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D499B #579B49

analogous

#64499B #8D499B #9B4980

triadic

#8D499B #9B8D49 #499B8D

tetradic

#8D499B #9B6449 #579B49 #49809B

square

#8D499B #9B6449 #579B49 #49809B

split-complementary

#8D499B #809B49 #499B64

monochromatic

#412248 #673571 #8D499B #AB69B8 #C293CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8D499B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8D499B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D499B

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D499B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D499B	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B5F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E546B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d499b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 73, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.143 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fb9',
    500: '#8d499b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d499b;
$custom-light: #b07fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d499b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.756,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52138,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D499B

secondary

#90B888

accent

#CC5C6F

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110A11

muted

#807C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D499B

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

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