#8A3283#8A3283

#8A3283 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.155 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3283
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 131)
HSL	hsl(305, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(305, 64%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, 47.72, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 55.05, 330.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.36% 0.1358 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(47.36% 0.155 331)
XYZ	xyz(15.7185, 9.3243, 22.4402)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3283 #328A39

analogous

#65328A #8A3283 #8A3257

triadic

#8A3283 #838A32 #32838A

tetradic

#8A3283 #8A6532 #328A39 #32578A

square

#8A3283 #8A6532 #328A39 #32578A

split-complementary

#8A3283 #578A32 #328A65

monochromatic

#30112E #5D2258 #8A3283 #B742AE #CA6CC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#8A3283 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8A3283 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3283

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3283	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3283	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D4E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3283;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.155 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af70a7',
    500: '#8a3283',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3283;
$custom-light: #af70a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3283",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.773,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47359,
    "c": 0.15526,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.09323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3283

secondary

#66B26C

accent

#D65C51

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3283

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →