#8A398E#8A398E

#8A398E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.155 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A398E
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(297, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(297, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.35, 46.50, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.35, 56.14, 325.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% 0.1277 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.155 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8265, 10.2835, 26.6846)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A398E #3D8E39

analogous

#60398E #8A398E #8E3968

triadic

#8A398E #8E8A39 #398E8A

tetradic

#8A398E #8E6039 #3D8E39 #39688E

square

#8A398E #8E6039 #3D8E39 #39688E

split-complementary

#8A398E #688E39 #398E60

monochromatic

#351637 #602762 #8A398E #B24DB7 #C578C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#8A398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#8A398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A398E

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A398E	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.155 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74af',
    500: '#8a398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a398e;
$custom-light: #af74af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.176,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48817,
    "c": 0.15451,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A398E

secondary

#74B271

accent

#D2555B

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#110910

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A398E

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

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