#8A398B#8A398B

#8A398B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.152 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A398B
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(299, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 59%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.19, 45.93, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.19, 54.79, 326.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% 0.1274 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.152 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6043, 10.1946, 25.5143)
Luminance	0.1019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A398B #3A8B39

analogous

#61398B #8A398B #8B3963

triadic

#8A398B #8B8A39 #398B8A

tetradic

#8A398B #8B6139 #3A8B39 #39638B

square

#8A398B #8B6139 #3A8B39 #39638B

split-complementary

#8A398B #638B39 #398B61

monochromatic

#341534 #5F2760 #8A398B #B44CB5 #C677C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#8A398B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#8A398B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A398B

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A398B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A398B	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F538E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a398b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.152 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74ad',
    500: '#8a398b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a398b;
$custom-light: #af74ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a398b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.268,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48651,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A398B

secondary

#70B06F

accent

#D25658

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110910

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A398B

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

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