#8A378E#8A378E

#8A378E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.158 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A378E
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 142)
HSL	hsl(297, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(297, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 61.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, 47.44, -32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 57.22, 326.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.57% 0.1303 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(48.57% 0.158 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7296, 10.0896, 26.6523)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A378E #3B8E37

analogous

#5E378E #8A378E #8E3766

triadic

#8A378E #8E8A37 #378E8A

tetradic

#8A378E #8E5E37 #3B8E37 #37668E

square

#8A378E #8E5E37 #3B8E37 #37668E

split-complementary

#8A378E #668E37 #378E5E

monochromatic

#341536 #5F2662 #8A378E #B449B9 #C676CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#8A378E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#8A378E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A378E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A378E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A378E	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A5391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a378e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.158 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af73af',
    500: '#8a378e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a378e;
$custom-light: #af73af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a378e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.241,
    "s": 44.162,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48566,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A378E

secondary

#71B36E

accent

#D4545A

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A378E

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

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