#8A379D#8A379D

#8A379D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.172 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A379D
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 157)
HSL	hsl(289, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 65%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.85, 50.36, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.85, 64.16, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(49.45% 0.1309 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(49.45% 0.172 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9325, 10.5708, 32.9875)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A379D #4A9D37

analogous

#57379D #8A379D #9D377D

triadic

#8A379D #9D8A37 #379D8A

tetradic

#8A379D #9D5737 #4A9D37 #377D9D

square

#8A379D #9D5737 #4A9D37 #377D9D

split-complementary

#8A379D #7D9D37 #379D57

monochromatic

#3A1742 #622770 #8A379D #AC50C2 #C27DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#8A379D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#8A379D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A379D

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A379D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A379D	1.00	6.74	3.11	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1956A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a379d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.172 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74ba',
    500: '#8a379d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a379d;
$custom-light: #af74ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a379d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.824,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49453,
    "c": 0.17169,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A379D

secondary

#82BB75

accent

#D85069

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A379D

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

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