#8A3585#8A3585

#8A3585 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.153 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3585
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 133)
HSL	hsl(304, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(304, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.20, 46.72, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.20, 54.33, 329.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1321 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.153 330)
XYZ	xyz(15.9879, 9.6440, 23.2052)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3585 #358A3A

analogous

#64358A #8A3585 #8A355B

triadic

#8A3585 #858A35 #35858A

tetradic

#8A3585 #8A6435 #358A3A #355B8A

square

#8A3585 #8A6435 #358A3A #355B8A

split-complementary

#8A3585 #5B8A35 #358A64

monochromatic

#321330 #5E245A #8A3585 #B646B0 #C871C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#8A3585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8A3585 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3585

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3585	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.153 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af72a9',
    500: '#8a3585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3585;
$custom-light: #af72a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47826,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.09643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3585

secondary

#6AB16E

accent

#D45B54

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3585

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

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