#8A3183#8A3183

#8A3183 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.157 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3183
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 131)
HSL	hsl(305, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(305, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.44, 48.16, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.44, 55.56, 330.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.24% 0.137 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(47.24% 0.157 331)
XYZ	xyz(15.6762, 9.2397, 22.4261)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3183 #318A38

analogous

#65318A #8A3183 #8A3157

triadic

#8A3183 #838A31 #31838A

tetradic

#8A3183 #8A6531 #318A38 #31578A

square

#8A3183 #8A6531 #318A38 #31578A

split-complementary

#8A3183 #578A31 #318A65

monochromatic

#30112D #5D2158 #8A3183 #B741AE #CA6BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8A3183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8A3183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3183

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3183	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B4E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.157 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70a7',
    500: '#8a3183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3183;
$custom-light: #af70a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.719,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47243,
    "c": 0.15672,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.09239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3183

secondary

#65B26B

accent

#D75B51

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3183

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

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