#8A3586#8A3586

#8A3586 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.153 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3586
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 134)
HSL	hsl(303, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(303, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 2.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.25, 46.89, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.25, 54.76, 328.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% 0.1322 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.153 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0573, 9.6718, 23.5707)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3586 #358A39

analogous

#64358A #8A3586 #8A355B

triadic

#8A3586 #868A35 #35868A

tetradic

#8A3586 #8A6435 #358A39 #355B8A

square

#8A3586 #8A6435 #358A39 #355B8A

split-complementary

#8A3586 #5B8A35 #358A64

monochromatic

#321330 #5E245B #8A3586 #B646B1 #C871C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#8A3586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8A3586 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3586

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3586	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E5088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.153 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af72a9',
    500: '#8a3586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3586;
$custom-light: #af72a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.824,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47879,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3586

secondary

#6AB16D

accent

#D45A54

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3586

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

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