#8A3591#8A3591

#8A3591 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.163 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3591
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 145)
HSL	hsl(295, 46%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(295, 63%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 63.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, 48.92, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 59.64, 325.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% 0.1331 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.163 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8647, 9.9948, 27.8235)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3591 #3C9135

analogous

#5C3591 #8A3591 #91356A

triadic

#8A3591 #918A35 #35918A

tetradic

#8A3591 #915C35 #3C9135 #356A91

square

#8A3591 #915C35 #3C9135 #356A91

split-complementary

#8A3591 #6A9135 #35915C

monochromatic

#351437 #5F2564 #8A3591 #B347BC #C674CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8A3591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8A3591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3591

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3591	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.163 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af72b1',
    500: '#8a3591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3591;
$custom-light: #af72b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.435,
    "s": 46.465,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48496,
    "c": 0.16326,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3591

secondary

#73B56D

accent

#D6525C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3591

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

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