#8D538D#8D538D

#8D538D is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.111 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D538D
RGB	rgb(141, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(300, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(300, 41%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 33.55, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 40.20, 326.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.093 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.111 327)
XYZ	xyz(18.8851, 13.7732, 26.8579)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D538D #538D53

analogous

#70538D #8D538D #8D5370

triadic

#8D538D #8D8D53 #538D8D

tetradic

#8D538D #8D7053 #538D53 #53708D

square

#8D538D #8D7053 #538D53 #53708D

split-complementary

#8D538D #708D53 #538D70

monochromatic

#402640 #663C66 #8D538D #AC71AC #C298C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8D538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8D538D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D538D

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D538D	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E638F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#905969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.111 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af85ae',
    500: '#8d538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d538d;
$custom-light: #af85ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 25.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53002,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.13772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D538D

secondary

#8CB08C

accent

#C26666

background

#FAF8FA

surface

#F5EFF4

border

#CFCACE

text

#110B10

muted

#807C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D538D

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

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