#8A3189#8A3189

#8A3189 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.162 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3189
RGB	rgb(138, 49, 137)
HSL	hsl(301, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(301, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 49.22, -30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 58.12, 327.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.57% 0.1376 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(47.57% 0.162 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0947, 9.4071, 24.6301)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3189 #318A32

analogous

#5F318A #8A3189 #8A315D

triadic

#8A3189 #898A31 #31898A

tetradic

#8A3189 #8A5F31 #318A32 #315D8A

square

#8A3189 #8A5F31 #318A32 #315D8A

split-complementary

#8A3189 #5D8A31 #318A5F

monochromatic

#30112F #5D215C #8A3189 #B741B6 #CA6BC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#8A3189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8A3189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3189

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3189	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#264F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 49, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.162 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70ac',
    500: '#8a3189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3189;
$custom-light: #af70ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.674,
    "s": 47.594,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47574,
    "c": 0.16186,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3189

secondary

#65B266

accent

#D75251

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3189

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

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