#8A3BA5#8A3BA5

#8A3BA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.174 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BA5
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 165)
HSL	hsl(285, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(285, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 64.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 50.15, -42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 65.88, 319.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.44% 0.126 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(50.44% 0.174 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8357, 11.2485, 36.7690)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BA5 #56A53B

analogous

#553BA5 #8A3BA5 #A53B8B

triadic

#8A3BA5 #A58A3B #3BA58A

tetradic

#8A3BA5 #A5553B #56A53B #3B8BA5

square

#8A3BA5 #A5553B #56A53B #3B8BA5

split-complementary

#8A3BA5 #8BA53B #3BA555

monochromatic

#3F1B4B #642B78 #8A3BA5 #A959C4 #C086D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8A3BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8A3BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BA5

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BA5	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1559A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C61A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.174 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af76c0',
    500: '#8a3ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ba5;
$custom-light: #af76c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.717,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50436,
    "c": 0.17384,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BA5

secondary

#8EBE7E

accent

#D75173

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BA5

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