#8A338B#8A338B

#8A338B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.161 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A338B
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(299, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 63.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 48.70, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 57.98, 327.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.1352 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.161 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3250, 9.6361, 25.4212)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A338B #348B33

analogous

#5E338B #8A338B #8B3360

triadic

#8A338B #8B8A33 #338B8A

tetradic

#8A338B #8B5E33 #348B33 #33608B

square

#8A338B #8B5E33 #348B33 #33608B

split-complementary

#8A338B #608B33 #338B5E

monochromatic

#311231 #5E235E #8A338B #B643B8 #C96ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#8A338B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8A338B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A338B

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A338B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A338B	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27508E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a338b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.161 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af71ad',
    500: '#8a338b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a338b;
$custom-light: #af71ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a338b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.318,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47917,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A338B

secondary

#69B268

accent

#D65253

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A338B

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

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