#8A3188#8A3188

#8A3188 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.161 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3188
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 136)
HSL	hsl(301, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(301, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 1.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, 49.04, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 57.68, 328.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% 0.1375 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.161 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0233, 9.3786, 24.2541)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3188 #318A33

analogous

#60318A #8A3188 #8A315C

triadic

#8A3188 #888A31 #31888A

tetradic

#8A3188 #8A6031 #318A33 #315C8A

square

#8A3188 #8A6031 #318A33 #315C8A

split-complementary

#8A3188 #5C8A31 #318A60

monochromatic

#30112F #5D215B #8A3188 #B741B5 #CA6BC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#8A3188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8A3188 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3188

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3188	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#274F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.161 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70ab',
    500: '#8a3188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3188;
$custom-light: #af70ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.348,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47518,
    "c": 0.16098,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3188

secondary

#65B267

accent

#D75451

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3188

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

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