#8F499B#8F499B

#8F499B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.144 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F499B
RGB	rgb(143, 73, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(291, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 52.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 42.42, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 53.37, 322.64°)
OKLab	oklab(52.39% 0.1131 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(52.39% 0.144 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6260, 12.9721, 32.4741)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F499B #559B49

analogous

#66499B #8F499B #9B497E

triadic

#8F499B #9B8F49 #499B8F

tetradic

#8F499B #9B6649 #559B49 #497E9B

square

#8F499B #9B6649 #559B49 #497E9B

split-complementary

#8F499B #7E9B49 #499B66

monochromatic

#422248 #693571 #8F499B #AD69B8 #C493CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8F499B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8F499B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F499B

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F499B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F499B	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C609E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91546B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f499b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 73, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.144 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fb9',
    500: '#8f499b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f499b;
$custom-light: #b27fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f499b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.22,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52392,
    "c": 0.14427,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F499B

secondary

#8FB888

accent

#CC5C6C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110A11

muted

#807C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F499B

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

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