#8A39A6#8A39A6

#8A39A6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.178 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39A6
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 166)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 65.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.72, 51.28, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.72, 67.42, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% 0.1284 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.178 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8262, 11.0834, 37.2166)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39A6 #55A639

analogous

#5339A6 #8A39A6 #A6398B

triadic

#8A39A6 #A68A39 #39A68A

tetradic

#8A39A6 #A65339 #55A639 #398BA6

square

#8A39A6 #A65339 #55A639 #398BA6

split-complementary

#8A39A6 #8BA639 #39A653

monochromatic

#3E1A4B #642978 #8A39A6 #A957C5 #C084D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#8A39A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8A39A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39A6

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39A6	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C59A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A60A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.178 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af75c1',
    500: '#8a39a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39a6;
$custom-light: #af75c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.587,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50257,
    "c": 0.17766,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39A6

secondary

#8DBF7C

accent

#D84F73

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39A6

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

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