#8A3BA9#8A3BA9

#8A3BA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.178 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BA9
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 169)
HSL	hsl(283, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(283, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 65.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.24, 50.99, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.24, 67.82, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.1259 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.178 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2055, 11.3964, 38.7165)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BA9 #5AA93B

analogous

#533BA9 #8A3BA9 #A93B91

triadic

#8A3BA9 #A98A3B #3BA98A

tetradic

#8A3BA9 #A9533B #5AA93B #3B91A9

square

#8A3BA9 #A9533B #5AA93B #3B91A9

split-complementary

#8A3BA9 #91A93B #3BA953

monochromatic

#401B4E #652B7C #8A3BA9 #A85BC6 #C089D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8A3BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A3BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BA9

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BA9	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B5AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3961A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.178 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af76c3',
    500: '#8a3ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ba9;
$custom-light: #af76c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.091,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50691,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BA9

secondary

#92C080

accent

#D85076

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BA9

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

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