#8A37A3#8A37A3

#8A37A3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.177 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37A3
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 163)
HSL	hsl(286, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(286, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 66.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.21, 51.57, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.21, 67.02, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.1308 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.177 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4573, 10.7807, 35.7519)
Luminance	0.1078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37A3 #50A337

analogous

#5437A3 #8A37A3 #A33786

triadic

#8A37A3 #A38A37 #37A38A

tetradic

#8A37A3 #A35437 #50A337 #3786A3

square

#8A37A3 #A35437 #50A337 #3786A3

split-complementary

#8A37A3 #86A337 #37A354

monochromatic

#3D1847 #632875 #8A37A3 #AA52C5 #C180D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#8A37A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#8A37A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37A3

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37A3	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D57A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.177 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74bf',
    500: '#8a37a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37a3;
$custom-light: #af74bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.111,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49829,
    "c": 0.17748,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37A3

secondary

#88BE78

accent

#D94F6F

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37A3

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

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