#8A359D#8A359D

#8A359D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.174 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A359D
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 157)
HSL	hsl(289, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(289, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.52, 51.26, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.52, 65.19, 321.84°)
OKLab	oklab(49.22% 0.1333 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(49.22% 0.174 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8394, 10.3846, 32.9565)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A359D #489D35

analogous

#56359D #8A359D #9D357C

triadic

#8A359D #9D8A35 #359D8A

tetradic

#8A359D #9D5635 #489D35 #357C9D

square

#8A359D #9D5635 #489D35 #357C9D

split-complementary

#8A359D #7C9D35 #359D56

monochromatic

#3A1641 #62266F #8A359D #AD4CC3 #C27AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#8A359D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#8A359D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A359D

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A359D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A359D	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1455A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a359d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.174 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af73ba',
    500: '#8a359d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a359d;
$custom-light: #af73ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a359d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.038,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49219,
    "c": 0.17447,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A359D

secondary

#80BB73

accent

#D94F68

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A359D

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

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