#8D6495#8D6495

#8D6495 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.088 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D6495
RGB	rgb(141, 100, 149)
HSL	hsl(290, 20%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(290, 33%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 25.41, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 32.53, 321.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.0681 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.088 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9658, 16.9476, 30.5947)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D6495 #6C9564

analogous

#756495 #8D6495 #956485

triadic

#8D6495 #958D64 #64958D

tetradic

#8D6495 #957564 #6C9564 #648595

square

#8D6495 #957564 #6C9564 #648595

split-complementary

#8D6495 #859564 #649575

monochromatic

#48334C #6A4B70 #8D6495 #A887AF #C3ACC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8D6495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8D6495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D6495

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D6495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D6495	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d6495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 100, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.088 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af90b4',
    500: '#8d6495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d6495;
$custom-light: #af90b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d6495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.204,
    "s": 19.679,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56349,
    "c": 0.08774,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D6495

secondary

#A3B69F

accent

#BC6C79

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C11

muted

#7F7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D6495

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

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