#8A3589#8A3589

#8A3589 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.156 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3589
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 137)
HSL	hsl(301, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(301, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.40, 47.44, -29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.40, 56.07, 327.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1325 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.156 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2695, 9.7567, 24.6884)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3589 #358A36

analogous

#61358A #8A3589 #8A355E

triadic

#8A3589 #898A35 #35898A

tetradic

#8A3589 #8A6135 #358A36 #355E8A

square

#8A3589 #8A6135 #358A36 #355E8A

split-complementary

#8A3589 #5E8A35 #358A61

monochromatic

#321331 #5E245D #8A3589 #B646B5 #C871C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#8A3589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8A3589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3589

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3589	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C518C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.156 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af72ac',
    500: '#8a3589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3589;
$custom-light: #af72ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.706,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48043,
    "c": 0.15602,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3589

secondary

#6AB16B

accent

#D45554

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3589

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

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