#8A3BA8#8A3BA8

#8A3BA8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.177 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BA8
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 168)
HSL	hsl(283, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 64.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, 50.78, -44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 67.34, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% 0.1259 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.177 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1120, 11.3590, 38.2240)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BA8 #59A83B

analogous

#533BA8 #8A3BA8 #A83B90

triadic

#8A3BA8 #A88A3B #3BA88A

tetradic

#8A3BA8 #A8533B #59A83B #3B90A8

square

#8A3BA8 #A8533B #59A83B #3B90A8

split-complementary

#8A3BA8 #90A83B #3BA853

monochromatic

#401B4D #652B7B #8A3BA8 #A85BC5 #C088D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#8A3BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8A3BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BA8

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BA8	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E5AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A61A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.177 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af76c2',
    500: '#8a3ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ba8;
$custom-light: #af76c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.486,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50627,
    "c": 0.17684,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BA8

secondary

#91C07F

accent

#D85075

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BA8

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

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