#8A3599#8A3599

#8A3599 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.171 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3599
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 153)
HSL	hsl(291, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(291, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 65.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.29, 50.47, -38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.29, 63.32, 322.85°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% 0.1333 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.171 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5035, 10.2503, 31.1873)
Luminance	0.1025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3599 #449935

analogous

#583599 #8A3599 #993576

triadic

#8A3599 #998A35 #35998A

tetradic

#8A3599 #995835 #449935 #357699

square

#8A3599 #995835 #449935 #357699

split-complementary

#8A3599 #769935 #359958

monochromatic

#38163E #61256C #8A3599 #AF4BC1 #C378D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#8A3599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#8A3599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3599

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3599	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B549C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.171 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af73b7',
    500: '#8a3599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3599;
$custom-light: #af73b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48972,
    "c": 0.1707,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3599

secondary

#7CB971

accent

#D85064

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3599

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

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