#8A3281#8A3281

#8A3281 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.154 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3281
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 129)
HSL	hsl(306, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(306, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 6.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, 47.37, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 54.21, 330.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.25% 0.1355 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(47.25% 0.154 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5843, 9.2706, 21.7332)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3281 #328A3B

analogous

#67328A #8A3281 #8A3255

triadic

#8A3281 #818A32 #32818A

tetradic

#8A3281 #8A6732 #328A3B #32558A

square

#8A3281 #8A6732 #328A3B #32558A

split-complementary

#8A3281 #558A32 #328A67

monochromatic

#30112D #5D2257 #8A3281 #B742AB #CA6CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#8A3281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#8A3281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3281

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3281	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)

#2E4E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.154 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70a6',
    500: '#8a3281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3281;
$custom-light: #af70a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.136,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47253,
    "c": 0.15358,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3281

secondary

#66B26E

accent

#D65F51

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3281

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

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