#8D6497#8D6497

#8D6497 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.090 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D6497
RGB	rgb(141, 100, 151)
HSL	hsl(288, 20%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(288, 34%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 33.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 25.83, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 33.53, 320.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.0686 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.09 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1269, 17.0120, 31.4429)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D6497 #6E9764

analogous

#746497 #8D6497 #976488

triadic

#8D6497 #978D64 #64978D

tetradic

#8D6497 #977464 #6E9764 #648897

square

#8D6497 #977464 #6E9764 #648897

split-complementary

#8D6497 #889764 #649774

monochromatic

#48334D #6B4C72 #8D6497 #A888B0 #C3ADC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#8D6497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#8D6497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D6497

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D6497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D6497	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d6497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 100, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.090 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af90b5',
    500: '#8d6497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d6497;
$custom-light: #af90b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d6497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.235,
    "s": 20.319,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56437,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D6497

secondary

#A4B7A0

accent

#BD6B7B

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4F0F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100C11

muted

#7F7D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D6497

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

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