#8A3185#8A3185

#8A3185 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.158 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3185
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 133)
HSL	hsl(303, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(303, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.55, 48.51, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.55, 56.40, 329.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.35% 0.1372 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(47.35% 0.158 330)
XYZ	xyz(15.8131, 9.2945, 23.1469)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3185 #318A36

analogous

#63318A #8A3185 #8A3159

triadic

#8A3185 #858A31 #31858A

tetradic

#8A3185 #8A6331 #318A36 #31598A

square

#8A3185 #8A6331 #318A36 #31598A

split-complementary

#8A3185 #598A31 #318A63

monochromatic

#30112E #5D2159 #8A3185 #B741B1 #CA6BC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#8A3185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8A3185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3185

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3185	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A4E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.158 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70a9',
    500: '#8a3185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3185;
$custom-light: #af70a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.371,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47352,
    "c": 0.15841,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.09293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3185

secondary

#65B269

accent

#D75851

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3185

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

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