#8F5EA4#8F5EA4

#8F5EA4 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.118 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F5EA4
RGB	rgb(143, 94, 164)
HSL	hsl(282, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(282, 43%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 42.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 32.75, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 44.41, 317.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.0834 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.118 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0302, 16.5259, 37.1441)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F5EA4 #73A45E

analogous

#6C5EA4 #8F5EA4 #A45E96

triadic

#8F5EA4 #A48F5E #5EA48F

tetradic

#8F5EA4 #A46C5E #73A45E #5E96A4

square

#8F5EA4 #A46C5E #73A45E #5E96A4

split-complementary

#8F5EA4 #96A45E #5EA46C

monochromatic

#4B3157 #6D477E #8F5EA4 #AA85BA #C5ACD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8F5EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8F5EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F5EA4

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F5EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F5EA4	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#526EA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E72A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f5ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 94, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.118 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18dbf',
    500: '#8f5ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f5ea4;
$custom-light: #b18dbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f5ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56208,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F5EA4

secondary

#A9BE9F

accent

#C46481

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F7

border

#D0CBD0

text

#110C12

muted

#807D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F5EA4

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

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