#8A34A8#8A34A8

#8A34A8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.186 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A34A8
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 168)
HSL	hsl(284, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 69%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.05, 53.92, -46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.05, 70.90, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% 0.134 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.186 316)
XYZ	xyz(18.7760, 10.6871, 38.1120)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A34A8 #52A834

analogous

#5034A8 #8A34A8 #A8348C

triadic

#8A34A8 #A88A34 #34A88A

tetradic

#8A34A8 #A85034 #52A834 #348CA8

square

#8A34A8 #A85034 #52A834 #348CA8

split-complementary

#8A34A8 #8CA834 #34A850

monochromatic

#3D174B #642679 #8A34A8 #AA50C9 #C17FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#8A34A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8A34A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A34A8

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A34A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A34A8	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a34a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.186 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b073c2',
    500: '#8a34a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a34a8;
$custom-light: #b073c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a34a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.483,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49814,
    "c": 0.18629,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.10686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A34A8

secondary

#8AC077

accent

#DC4C71

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A34A8

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

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