#8A397E#8A397E

#8A397E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.140 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A397E
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 126)
HSL	hsl(309, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(309, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.55, 43.59, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.55, 49.23, 332.31°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1256 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.14 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7103, 9.8370, 20.8059)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A397E #398A45

analogous

#6D398A #8A397E #8A3955

triadic

#8A397E #7E8A39 #397E8A

tetradic

#8A397E #8A6D39 #398A45 #39558A

square

#8A397E #8A6D39 #398A45 #39558A

split-complementary

#8A397E #558A39 #398A6D

monochromatic

#33152F #5F2756 #8A397E #B54BA5 #C777BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#8A397E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8A397E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A397E

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A397E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A397E	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a397e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.140 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74a3',
    500: '#8a397e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a397e;
$custom-light: #ae74a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a397e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.889,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47972,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A397E

secondary

#6FB079

accent

#D16956

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A397E

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

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