#8A388D#8A388D

#8A388D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.155 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A388D
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 141)
HSL	hsl(298, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(298, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 60.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.12, 46.78, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.12, 56.24, 326.30°)
OKLab	oklab(48.64% 0.129 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(48.64% 0.155 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7028, 10.1557, 26.2746)
Luminance	0.1016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A388D #3B8D38

analogous

#5F388D #8A388D #8D3865

triadic

#8A388D #8D8A38 #388D8A

tetradic

#8A388D #8D5F38 #3B8D38 #38658D

square

#8A388D #8D5F38 #3B8D38 #38658D

split-complementary

#8A388D #658D38 #388D5F

monochromatic

#341535 #5F2761 #8A388D #B44BB7 #C677C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#8A388D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#8A388D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A388D

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A388D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A388D	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a388d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.155 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74ae',
    500: '#8a388d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a388d;
$custom-light: #af74ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a388d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.882,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48635,
    "c": 0.15511,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A388D

secondary

#71B26F

accent

#D35559

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A388D

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

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