#8A3584#8A3584

#8A3584 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.152 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3584
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 132)
HSL	hsl(304, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(304, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 4.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 46.54, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 53.91, 329.69°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.132 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.152 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9191, 9.6165, 22.8430)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3584 #358A3B

analogous

#65358A #8A3584 #8A355A

triadic

#8A3584 #848A35 #35848A

tetradic

#8A3584 #8A6535 #358A3B #355A8A

square

#8A3584 #8A6535 #358A3B #355A8A

split-complementary

#8A3584 #5A8A35 #358A65

monochromatic

#32132F #5E245A #8A3584 #B646AE #C871C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#8A3584 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#8A3584 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3584

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3584	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3584	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3584;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.152 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af72a8',
    500: '#8a3584',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3584;
$custom-light: #af72a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3584",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.235,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47772,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3584

secondary

#6AB16F

accent

#D45D54

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3584

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

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