#8A338D#8A338D

#8A338D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.163 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A338D
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 141)
HSL	hsl(298, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(298, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 63.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 49.07, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 58.87, 326.47°)
OKLab	oklab(48.03% 0.1354 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(48.03% 0.163 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4725, 9.6950, 26.1978)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A338D #368D33

analogous

#5D338D #8A338D #8D3363

triadic

#8A338D #8D8A33 #338D8A

tetradic

#8A338D #8D5D33 #368D33 #33638D

square

#8A338D #8D5D33 #368D33 #33638D

split-complementary

#8A338D #638D33 #338D5D

monochromatic

#321233 #5E2360 #8A338D #B643BA #C86FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#8A338D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8A338D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A338D

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A338D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A338D	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#465C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a338d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.163 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af71af',
    500: '#8a338d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a338d;
$custom-light: #af71af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a338d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48031,
    "c": 0.16253,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A338D

secondary

#6BB369

accent

#D75156

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A338D

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

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