#8A3386#8A3386

#8A3386 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.156 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3386
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 134)
HSL	hsl(303, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(303, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 2.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.92, 47.80, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.92, 55.81, 328.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% 0.1348 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.156 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9680, 9.4933, 23.5410)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3386 #338A37

analogous

#63338A #8A3386 #8A335A

triadic

#8A3386 #868A33 #33868A

tetradic

#8A3386 #8A6333 #338A37 #335A8A

square

#8A3386 #8A6333 #338A37 #335A8A

split-complementary

#8A3386 #5A8A33 #338A63

monochromatic

#31122F #5D225B #8A3386 #B744B1 #C96EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#8A3386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8A3386 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3386

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3386	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C4F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.156 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af71a9',
    500: '#8a3386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3386;
$custom-light: #af71a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.759,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47639,
    "c": 0.15636,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3386

secondary

#67B16B

accent

#D65852

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3386

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

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