#8A39AE#8A39AE

#8A39AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.186 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39AE
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 174)
HSL	hsl(282, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(282, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 67.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.22, 52.97, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.22, 71.30, 317.98°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.128 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.186 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5830, 11.3861, 41.2024)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39AE #5DAE39

analogous

#4F39AE #8A39AE #AE3998

triadic

#8A39AE #AE8A39 #39AE8A

tetradic

#8A39AE #AE4F39 #5DAE39 #3998AE

square

#8A39AE #AE4F39 #5DAE39 #3998AE

split-complementary

#8A39AE #98AE39 #39AE4F

monochromatic

#411B52 #652A80 #8A39AE #A75BC9 #C089D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#8A39AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A39AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39AE

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39AE	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3261AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86506F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.186 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075c7',
    500: '#8a39ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39ae;
$custom-light: #b075c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5078,
    "c": 0.18559,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39AE

secondary

#95C380

accent

#DA4E79

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39AE

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

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