#8A357D#8A357D

#8A357D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.146 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A357D
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 125)
HSL	hsl(309, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(309, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 45.32, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 51.01, 332.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.41% 0.131 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(47.41% 0.146 334)
XYZ	xyz(15.4561, 9.4313, 20.4044)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A357D #358A42

analogous

#6C358A #8A357D #8A3553

triadic

#8A357D #7D8A35 #357D8A

tetradic

#8A357D #8A6C35 #358A42 #35538A

square

#8A357D #8A6C35 #358A42 #35538A

split-complementary

#8A357D #538A35 #358A6C

monochromatic

#32132D #5E2455 #8A357D #B646A5 #C871BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#8A357D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8A357D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A357D

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A357D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A357D	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#344F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a357d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.146 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af72a3',
    500: '#8a357d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a357d;
$custom-light: #af72a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a357d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.176,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47409,
    "c": 0.14572,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.0943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A357D

secondary

#6AB175

accent

#D46754

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF3

border

#D0C8CD

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A357D

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

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