#8A3986#8A3986

#8A3986 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.147 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3986
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 134)
HSL	hsl(303, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(303, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 2.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.94, 45.01, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.94, 52.59, 328.85°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.1268 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.147 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.2473, 10.0518, 23.6341)
Luminance	0.1005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3986 #398A3D

analogous

#65398A #8A3986 #8A395D

triadic

#8A3986 #868A39 #39868A

tetradic

#8A3986 #8A6539 #398A3D #395D8A

square

#8A3986 #8A6539 #398A3D #395D8A

split-complementary

#8A3986 #5D8A39 #398A65

monochromatic

#331532 #5F275C #8A3986 #B54BB0 #C777C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#8A3986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#8A3986 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3986

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3986	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.147 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae74a9',
    500: '#8a3986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3986;
$custom-light: #ae74a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.963,
    "s": 41.538,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48382,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3986

secondary

#6FB072

accent

#D15D56

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3986

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

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