#8A3280#8A3280

#8A3280 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.153 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3280
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 128)
HSL	hsl(307, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(307, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, 47.20, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 53.80, 331.32°)
OKLab	oklab(47.2% 0.1354 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(47.2% 0.153 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.5181, 9.2442, 21.3849)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3280 #328A3C

analogous

#68328A #8A3280 #8A3254

triadic

#8A3280 #808A32 #32808A

tetradic

#8A3280 #8A6832 #328A3C #32548A

square

#8A3280 #8A6832 #328A3C #32548A

split-complementary

#8A3280 #548A32 #328A68

monochromatic

#30112D #5D2256 #8A3280 #B742AA #CA6CBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#8A3280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8A3280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3280

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3280	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)

#2F4E82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.153 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70a5',
    500: '#8a3280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3280;
$custom-light: #af70a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.818,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.472,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3280

secondary

#66B26F

accent

#D66051

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3280

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

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