#8A397D#8A397D

#8A397D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.139 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A397D
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 125)
HSL	hsl(310, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(310, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 43.42, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 48.82, 332.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.1255 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.139 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6461, 9.8113, 20.4678)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A397D #398A46

analogous

#6E398A #8A397D #8A3954

triadic

#8A397D #7D8A39 #397D8A

tetradic

#8A397D #8A6E39 #398A46 #39548A

square

#8A397D #8A6E39 #398A46 #39548A

split-complementary

#8A397D #548A39 #398A6E

monochromatic

#33152F #5F2756 #8A397D #B54BA4 #C777BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#8A397D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#8A397D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A397D

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A397D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A397D	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38517F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a397d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.139 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74a3',
    500: '#8a397d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a397d;
$custom-light: #ae74a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a397d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.63,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47923,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A397D

secondary

#6FB079

accent

#D16A56

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF3

border

#D0C8CD

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A397D

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

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