#8A3789#8A3789

#8A3789 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.153 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3789
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 137)
HSL	hsl(301, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(301, 60%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.74, 46.51, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.74, 55.00, 327.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.1299 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.153 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3626, 9.9428, 24.7194)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3789 #378A38

analogous

#61378A #8A3789 #8A375F

triadic

#8A3789 #898A37 #37898A

tetradic

#8A3789 #8A6137 #378A38 #375F8A

square

#8A3789 #8A6137 #378A38 #375F8A

split-complementary

#8A3789 #5F8A37 #378A61

monochromatic

#321432 #5E265E #8A3789 #B648B4 #C874C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#8A3789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8A3789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3789

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3789	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E528C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.153 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af73ac',
    500: '#8a3789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3789;
$custom-light: #af73ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.723,
    "s": 43.005,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48289,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3789

secondary

#6DB06D

accent

#D35755

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3789

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

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