#8A39B2#8A39B2

#8A39B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.190 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39B2
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 68%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 53.83, -49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 73.25, 317.30°)
OKLab	oklab(51.05% 0.1277 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(51.05% 0.19 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9788, 11.5444, 43.2867)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39B2 #61B239

analogous

#4D39B2 #8A39B2 #B2399D

triadic

#8A39B2 #B28A39 #39B28A

tetradic

#8A39B2 #B24D39 #61B239 #399DB2

square

#8A39B2 #B24D39 #61B239 #399DB2

split-complementary

#8A39B2 #9DB239 #39B24D

monochromatic

#421B55 #662A84 #8A39B2 #A75DCB #C08BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8A39B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A39B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39B2

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39B2	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E61AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.190 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076ca',
    500: '#8a39b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39b2;
$custom-light: #b076ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.165,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51049,
    "c": 0.18957,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39B2

secondary

#98C482

accent

#DB4D7C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39B2

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

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