#8A37A1#8A37A1

#8A37A1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.176 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37A1
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 161)
HSL	hsl(287, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(287, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 65.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.09, 51.17, -41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.09, 66.06, 320.76°)
OKLab	oklab(49.7% 0.1309 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(49.7% 0.176 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2796, 10.7096, 34.8156)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37A1 #4EA137

analogous

#5537A1 #8A37A1 #A13783

triadic

#8A37A1 #A18A37 #37A18A

tetradic

#8A37A1 #A15537 #4EA137 #3783A1

square

#8A37A1 #A15537 #4EA137 #3783A1

split-complementary

#8A37A1 #83A137 #37A155

monochromatic

#3C1846 #632773 #8A37A1 #AB51C4 #C17FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#8A37A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#8A37A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37A1

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37A1	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1257A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.176 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74bd',
    500: '#8a37a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37a1;
$custom-light: #af74bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.981,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49702,
    "c": 0.17554,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37A1

secondary

#86BD77

accent

#D94F6D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37A1

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

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