#8A39B1#8A39B1

#8A39B1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.189 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39B1
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 177)
HSL	hsl(281, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 67.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.42, 53.62, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.42, 72.76, 317.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.98% 0.1278 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(50.98% 0.189 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8788, 11.5044, 42.7599)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39B1 #60B139

analogous

#4E39B1 #8A39B1 #B1399C

triadic

#8A39B1 #B18A39 #39B18A

tetradic

#8A39B1 #B14E39 #60B139 #399CB1

square

#8A39B1 #B14E39 #60B139 #399CB1

split-complementary

#8A39B1 #9CB139 #39B14E

monochromatic

#421B54 #662A83 #8A39B1 #A75DCB #C08BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#8A39B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8A39B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39B1

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39B1	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F61AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.189 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076c9',
    500: '#8a39b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39b1;
$custom-light: #b076c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50981,
    "c": 0.18858,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39B1

secondary

#97C482

accent

#DB4D7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39B1

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

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