#8A3181#8A3181

#8A3181 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.155 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3181
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 129)
HSL	hsl(306, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(306, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 6.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, 47.81, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 54.72, 330.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.14% 0.1368 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(47.14% 0.155 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5420, 9.1860, 21.7191)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3181 #318A3A

analogous

#67318A #8A3181 #8A3155

triadic

#8A3181 #818A31 #31818A

tetradic

#8A3181 #8A6731 #318A3A #31558A

square

#8A3181 #8A6731 #318A3A #31558A

split-complementary

#8A3181 #558A31 #318A67

monochromatic

#30112D #5D2157 #8A3181 #B741AB #CA6BC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8A3181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8A3181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3181

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3181	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D4D83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.155 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70a6',
    500: '#8a3181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3181;
$custom-light: #af70a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.067,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47136,
    "c": 0.15504,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3181

secondary

#65B26D

accent

#D75E51

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3181

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

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