#8A3985#8A3985

#8A3985 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.146 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3985
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 133)
HSL	hsl(304, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(304, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.89, 44.83, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.89, 52.16, 329.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.33% 0.1267 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(48.33% 0.146 330)
XYZ	xyz(16.1779, 10.0241, 23.2685)
Luminance	0.1002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3985 #398A3E

analogous

#66398A #8A3985 #8A395C

triadic

#8A3985 #858A39 #39858A

tetradic

#8A3985 #8A6639 #398A3E #395C8A

square

#8A3985 #8A6639 #398A3E #395C8A

split-complementary

#8A3985 #5C8A39 #398A66

monochromatic

#331532 #5F275B #8A3985 #B54BAE #C777C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#8A3985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.00

#8A3985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3985

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3985	1.00	6.99	3.00	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F4159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.146 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74a9',
    500: '#8a3985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3985;
$custom-light: #ae74a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.704,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4833,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.10023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3985

secondary

#6FB073

accent

#D15E56

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3985

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

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