#8A3784#8A3784

#8A3784 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.149 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3784
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 132)
HSL	hsl(304, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(304, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 4.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 45.60, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 52.83, 329.67°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.1293 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.149 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0122, 9.8027, 22.8741)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3784 #378A3D

analogous

#66378A #8A3784 #8A375B

triadic

#8A3784 #848A37 #37848A

tetradic

#8A3784 #8A6637 #378A3D #375B8A

square

#8A3784 #8A6637 #378A3D #375B8A

split-complementary

#8A3784 #5B8A37 #378A66

monochromatic

#321430 #5E265A #8A3784 #B648AE #C874C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8A3784 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8A3784 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3784

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3784	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3784	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#325186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3784;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.149 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af73a8',
    500: '#8a3784',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3784;
$custom-light: #af73a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3784",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.337,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48021,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3784

secondary

#6DB071

accent

#D35E55

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3784

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

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