#8A3184#8A3184

#8A3184 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.158 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3184
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 132)
HSL	hsl(304, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(304, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 4.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.49, 48.33, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.49, 55.98, 329.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.3% 0.1371 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(47.3% 0.158 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7443, 9.2670, 22.7848)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3184 #318A37

analogous

#64318A #8A3184 #8A3158

triadic

#8A3184 #848A31 #31848A

tetradic

#8A3184 #8A6431 #318A37 #31588A

square

#8A3184 #8A6431 #318A37 #31588A

split-complementary

#8A3184 #588A31 #318A64

monochromatic

#30112E #5D2159 #8A3184 #B741AF #CA6BC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#8A3184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8A3184 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3184

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3184	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B4E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.158 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70a8',
    500: '#8a3184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3184;
$custom-light: #af70a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.045,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47297,
    "c": 0.15756,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3184

secondary

#65B26A

accent

#D75A51

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3184

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

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