#8A359B#8A359B

#8A359B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.173 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A359B
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 155)
HSL	hsl(290, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(290, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.41, 50.86, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.41, 64.25, 322.34°)
OKLab	oklab(49.1% 0.1333 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(49.1% 0.173 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6700, 10.3169, 32.0646)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A359B #469B35

analogous

#57359B #8A359B #9B3579

triadic

#8A359B #9B8A35 #359B8A

tetradic

#8A359B #9B5735 #469B35 #35799B

square

#8A359B #9B5735 #469B35 #35799B

split-complementary

#8A359B #799B35 #359B57

monochromatic

#391640 #61256D #8A359B #AE4CC2 #C379D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#8A359B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#8A359B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A359B

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A359B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A359B	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18549E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a359b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.173 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af73b9',
    500: '#8a359b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a359b;
$custom-light: #af73b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a359b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49095,
    "c": 0.17258,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A359B

secondary

#7EBA72

accent

#D94F66

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A359B

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

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