#8A309D#8A309D

#8A309D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.181 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A309D
RGB	rgb(138, 48, 157)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 53.40, -41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 67.63, 322.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.139 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.181 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6232, 9.9524, 32.8845)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A309D #439D30

analogous

#53309D #8A309D #9D307A

triadic

#8A309D #9D8A30 #309D8A

tetradic

#8A309D #9D5330 #439D30 #307A9D

square

#8A309D #9D5330 #439D30 #307A9D

split-complementary

#8A309D #7A9D30 #309D53

monochromatic

#38133F #61226E #8A309D #AF44C6 #C373D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8A309D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8A309D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A309D

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A309D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A309D	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0253A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a309d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 48, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.181 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70ba',
    500: '#8a309d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a309d;
$custom-light: #af70ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a309d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.541,
    "s": 53.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48667,
    "c": 0.18113,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A309D

secondary

#7BBC6D

accent

#DD4B65

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A309D

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

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