#8D5F99#8D5F99

#8D5F99 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.102 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D5F99
RGB	rgb(141, 95, 153)
HSL	hsl(288, 23%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(288, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 37.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 29.16, -24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 37.94, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.077 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.102 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8257, 16.1476, 32.1506)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D5F99 #6B995F

analogous

#705F99 #8D5F99 #995F88

triadic

#8D5F99 #998D5F #5F998D

tetradic

#8D5F99 #99705F #6B995F #5F8899

square

#8D5F99 #99705F #6B995F #5F8899

split-complementary

#8D5F99 #88995F #5F9970

monochromatic

#47304D #6A4873 #8D5F99 #A883B2 #C3A9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8D5F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8D5F99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D5F99

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D5F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D5F99	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576D9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d5f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 95, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.102 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8db7',
    500: '#8d5f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d5f99;
$custom-light: #af8db7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d5f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 23.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55626,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D5F99

secondary

#A2B89C

accent

#C0687A

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F5F0F6

border

#CFCBD0

text

#100C11

muted

#7F7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D5F99

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

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