#8A3182#8A3182

#8A3182 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.156 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3182
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 130)
HSL	hsl(305, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(305, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 5.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.39, 47.99, -27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.39, 55.14, 330.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47.19% 0.1369 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(47.19% 0.156 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6088, 9.2128, 22.0709)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3182 #318A39

analogous

#66318A #8A3182 #8A3156

triadic

#8A3182 #828A31 #31828A

tetradic

#8A3182 #8A6631 #318A39 #31568A

square

#8A3182 #8A6631 #318A39 #31568A

split-complementary

#8A3182 #568A31 #318A66

monochromatic

#30112D #5D2157 #8A3182 #B741AD #CA6BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#8A3182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8A3182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3182

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3182	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C4E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.156 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70a6',
    500: '#8a3182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3182;
$custom-light: #af70a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.393,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47189,
    "c": 0.15588,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3182

secondary

#65B26C

accent

#D75D51

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3182

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

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