#8A3BA7#8A3BA7

#8A3BA7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.176 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BA7
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 167)
HSL	hsl(284, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(284, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 64.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.12, 50.57, -43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.12, 66.85, 319.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.56% 0.126 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(50.56% 0.176 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0192, 11.3219, 37.7352)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BA7 #58A73B

analogous

#543BA7 #8A3BA7 #A73B8E

triadic

#8A3BA7 #A78A3B #3BA78A

tetradic

#8A3BA7 #A7543B #58A73B #3B8EA7

square

#8A3BA7 #A7543B #58A73B #3B8EA7

split-complementary

#8A3BA7 #8EA73B #3BA754

monochromatic

#3F1B4D #652B7A #8A3BA7 #A85AC5 #C088D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#8A3BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8A3BA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BA7

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BA7	1.00	6.43	3.26	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#115AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A61A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.176 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af76c2',
    500: '#8a3ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ba7;
$custom-light: #af76c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.889,
    "s": 47.788,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50563,
    "c": 0.17584,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BA7

secondary

#90BF7F

accent

#D75075

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BA7

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

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