#8A3480#8A3480

#8A3480 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.150 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3480
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 128)
HSL	hsl(307, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(307, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.78, 46.30, -25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.78, 52.76, 331.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.44% 0.1328 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(47.44% 0.15 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6055, 9.4189, 21.4140)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3480 #348A3E

analogous

#69348A #8A3480 #8A3455

triadic

#8A3480 #808A34 #34808A

tetradic

#8A3480 #8A6934 #348A3E #34558A

square

#8A3480 #8A6934 #348A3E #34558A

split-complementary

#8A3480 #558A34 #348A69

monochromatic

#31132E #5E2357 #8A3480 #B645A9 #C96FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#8A3480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8A3480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3480

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3480	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#314F82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.150 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af71a5',
    500: '#8a3480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3480;
$custom-light: #af71a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.977,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4744,
    "c": 0.14974,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3480

secondary

#69B171

accent

#D56253

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3480

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

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