#8D4EA5#8D4EA5

#8D4EA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.146 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D4EA5
RGB	rgb(141, 78, 165)
HSL	hsl(283, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(283, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 52.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 41.29, -36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 55.02, 318.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.1046 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.146 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4994, 13.8287, 37.1794)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D4EA5 #66A54E

analogous

#614EA5 #8D4EA5 #A54E91

triadic

#8D4EA5 #A58D4E #4EA58D

tetradic

#8D4EA5 #A5614E #66A54E #4E91A5

square

#8D4EA5 #A5614E #66A54E #4E91A5

split-complementary

#8D4EA5 #91A54E #4EA561

monochromatic

#462752 #693A7B #8D4EA5 #A973BD #C29DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8D4EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8D4EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D4EA5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D4EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D4EA5	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B64A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C5B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d4ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 78, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.146 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b082c0',
    500: '#8d4ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d4ea5;
$custom-light: #b082c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d4ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.448,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53438,
    "c": 0.14557,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D4EA5

secondary

#9EBD91

accent

#CC5C7B

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6EFF7

border

#D0CAD0

text

#110B12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D4EA5

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

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