#8A3299#8A3299

#8A3299 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.175 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3299
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 153)
HSL	hsl(291, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(291, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 51.78, -38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 64.82, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(48.63% 0.1369 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(48.63% 0.175 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3710, 9.9853, 31.1432)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3299 #419932

analogous

#563299 #8A3299 #993275

triadic

#8A3299 #998A32 #32998A

tetradic

#8A3299 #995632 #419932 #327599

square

#8A3299 #995632 #419932 #327599

split-complementary

#8A3299 #759932 #329956

monochromatic

#37143D #60236B #8A3299 #B046C2 #C474D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8A3299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8A3299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3299

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3299	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#14539C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.175 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af71b7',
    500: '#8a3299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3299;
$custom-light: #af71b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.262,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48632,
    "c": 0.17482,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3299

secondary

#78BA6D

accent

#DA4E62

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3299

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

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