#8A3983#8A3983

#8A3983 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.145 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3983
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 131)
HSL	hsl(305, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(305, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, 44.47, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 51.31, 330.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% 0.1264 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.145 331)
XYZ	xyz(16.0410, 9.9693, 22.5477)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3983 #398A40

analogous

#68398A #8A3983 #8A395A

triadic

#8A3983 #838A39 #39838A

tetradic

#8A3983 #8A6839 #398A40 #395A8A

square

#8A3983 #8A6839 #398A40 #395A8A

split-complementary

#8A3983 #5A8A39 #398A68

monochromatic

#331531 #5F275A #8A3983 #B54BAC #C777C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#8A3983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8A3983 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3983

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3983	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#355285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F4058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.145 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74a7',
    500: '#8a3983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3983;
$custom-light: #ae74a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.185,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48226,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.09968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3983

secondary

#6FB075

accent

#D16156

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#11080F

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3983

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

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