#8A3BA3#8A3BA3

#8A3BA3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.172 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BA3
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 163)
HSL	hsl(286, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(286, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 63.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.88, 49.73, -41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.88, 64.92, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.31% 0.126 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(50.31% 0.172 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6551, 11.1763, 35.8178)
Luminance	0.1118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BA3 #54A33B

analogous

#563BA3 #8A3BA3 #A33B88

triadic

#8A3BA3 #A38A3B #3BA38A

tetradic

#8A3BA3 #A3563B #54A33B #3B88A3

square

#8A3BA3 #A3563B #54A33B #3B88A3

split-complementary

#8A3BA3 #88A33B #3BA356

monochromatic

#3E1A49 #642B76 #8A3BA3 #A958C3 #C085D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#8A3BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#8A3BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BA3

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BA3	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1959A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E60A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.172 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af76bf',
    500: '#8a3ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ba3;
$custom-light: #af76bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.577,
    "s": 46.847,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50311,
    "c": 0.17184,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BA3

secondary

#8CBD7D

accent

#D65171

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BA3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →