#8A37A6#8A37A6

#8A37A6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.180 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A37A6
RGB	rgb(138, 55, 166)
HSL	hsl(285, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(285, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 66.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.39, 52.19, -44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.39, 68.45, 319.68°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.1307 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.18 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7293, 10.8895, 37.1843)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A37A6 #53A637

analogous

#5237A6 #8A37A6 #A6378A

triadic

#8A37A6 #A68A37 #37A68A

tetradic

#8A37A6 #A65237 #53A637 #378AA6

square

#8A37A6 #A65237 #53A637 #378AA6

split-complementary

#8A37A6 #8AA637 #37A652

monochromatic

#3E194A #642878 #8A37A6 #A954C6 #C082D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#8A37A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#8A37A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A37A6

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A37A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A37A6	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0358A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a37a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 55, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.180 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74c1',
    500: '#8a37a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a37a6;
$custom-light: #af74c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a37a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.865,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50022,
    "c": 0.18039,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A37A6

secondary

#8BBF7A

accent

#DA4E71

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A37A6

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

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