#8A309B#8A309B

#8A309B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.179 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A309B
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 155)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 69%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.63, 53.02, -40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.63, 66.71, 322.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.1391 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.179 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4539, 9.8846, 31.9926)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A309B #419B30

analogous

#54309B #8A309B #9B3077

triadic

#8A309B #9B8A30 #309B8A

tetradic

#8A309B #9B5430 #419B30 #30779B

square

#8A309B #9B5430 #419B30 #30779B

split-complementary

#8A309B #779B30 #309B54

monochromatic

#37133E #60226C #8A309B #B043C5 #C472D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#8A309B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#8A309B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A309B

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A309B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A309B	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09529E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a309b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.179 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70b9',
    500: '#8a309b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a309b;
$custom-light: #af70b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a309b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.467,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4854,
    "c": 0.1793,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A309B

secondary

#78BB6C

accent

#DC4C63

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A309B

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

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