#8A388B#8A388B

#8A388B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.153 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A388B
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(299, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 59.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.02, 46.41, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.02, 55.34, 326.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% 0.1288 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.153 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5553, 10.0967, 25.4980)
Luminance	0.1010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A388B #398B38

analogous

#60388B #8A388B #8B3862

triadic

#8A388B #8B8A38 #388B8A

tetradic

#8A388B #8B6038 #398B38 #38628B

square

#8A388B #8B6038 #398B38 #38628B

split-complementary

#8A388B #628B38 #388B60

monochromatic

#331534 #5F265F #8A388B #B54AB6 #C776C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#8A388B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#8A388B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A388B

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A388B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A388B	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)

#2E538E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a388b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.153 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74ad',
    500: '#8a388b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a388b;
$custom-light: #af74ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a388b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.277,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48524,
    "c": 0.15328,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A388B

secondary

#6FB16E

accent

#D25557

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A388B

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

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