#8A39B0#8A39B0

#8A39B0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.188 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39B0
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 176)
HSL	hsl(281, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 53.40, -48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 72.27, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.1279 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.188 313)
XYZ	xyz(19.7795, 11.4647, 42.2368)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39B0 #5FB039

analogous

#4E39B0 #8A39B0 #B0399A

triadic

#8A39B0 #B08A39 #39B08A

tetradic

#8A39B0 #B04E39 #5FB039 #399AB0

square

#8A39B0 #B04E39 #5FB039 #399AB0

split-complementary

#8A39B0 #9AB039 #39B04E

monochromatic

#421B54 #662A82 #8A39B0 #A75CCA #C08AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8A39B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A39B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39B0

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39B0	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3061AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.188 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076c8',
    500: '#8a39b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39b0;
$custom-light: #b076c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.84,
    "s": 51.073,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50914,
    "c": 0.18759,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.11464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39B0

secondary

#96C481

accent

#DB4D7A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39B0

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

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