#8A3581#8A3581

#8A3581 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.149 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3581
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 129)
HSL	hsl(306, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(306, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 6.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 46.01, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 52.65, 330.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.61% 0.1316 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(47.61% 0.149 332)
XYZ	xyz(15.7168, 9.5356, 21.7774)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3581 #358A3E

analogous

#69358A #8A3581 #8A3556

triadic

#8A3581 #818A35 #35818A

tetradic

#8A3581 #8A6935 #358A3E #35568A

square

#8A3581 #8A6935 #358A3E #35568A

split-complementary

#8A3581 #568A35 #358A69

monochromatic

#32132E #5E2458 #8A3581 #B646AA #C871BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8A3581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8A3581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3581

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3581	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#314F83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.149 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af72a6',
    500: '#8a3581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3581;
$custom-light: #af72a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.353,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47614,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.09534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3581

secondary

#6AB172

accent

#D46154

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3581

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

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