#8A3BA6#8A3BA6

#8A3BA6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.175 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BA6
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 166)
HSL	hsl(284, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 64.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.06, 50.36, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.06, 66.37, 319.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.126 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.175 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9271, 11.2851, 37.2502)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BA6 #57A63B

analogous

#553BA6 #8A3BA6 #A63B8D

triadic

#8A3BA6 #A68A3B #3BA68A

tetradic

#8A3BA6 #A6553B #57A63B #3B8DA6

square

#8A3BA6 #A6553B #57A63B #3B8DA6

split-complementary

#8A3BA6 #8DA63B #3BA655

monochromatic

#3F1B4C #642B79 #8A3BA6 #A85AC4 #C087D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#8A3BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8A3BA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BA6

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BA6	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#135AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B61A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.175 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af76c1',
    500: '#8a3ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ba6;
$custom-light: #af76c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.299,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.505,
    "c": 0.17484,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BA6

secondary

#8FBF7E

accent

#D75174

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BA6

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

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