#8A378B#8A378B

#8A378B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.155 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A378B
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(299, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.84, 46.88, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.84, 55.88, 327.02°)
OKLab	oklab(48.4% 0.1301 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(48.4% 0.155 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5073, 10.0008, 25.4820)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A378B #388B37

analogous

#60378B #8A378B #8B3762

triadic

#8A378B #8B8A37 #378B8A

tetradic

#8A378B #8B6037 #388B37 #37628B

square

#8A378B #8B6037 #388B37 #37628B

split-complementary

#8A378B #628B37 #378B60

monochromatic

#331433 #5E265F #8A378B #B548B7 #C774C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8A378B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8A378B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A378B

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A378B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A378B	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D528E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a378b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.155 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af73ad',
    500: '#8a378b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a378b;
$custom-light: #af73ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a378b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.286,
    "s": 43.299,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48399,
    "c": 0.15481,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A378B

secondary

#6EB16D

accent

#D35556

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A378B

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

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