#8A3BAD#8A3BAD

#8A3BAD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.182 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BAD
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 173)
HSL	hsl(282, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(282, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 65.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 51.84, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 69.78, 317.98°)
OKLab	oklab(50.95% 0.1258 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(50.95% 0.182 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5867, 11.5489, 40.7245)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BAD #5EAD3B

analogous

#513BAD #8A3BAD #AD3B97

triadic

#8A3BAD #AD8A3B #3BAD8A

tetradic

#8A3BAD #AD513B #5EAD3B #3B97AD

square

#8A3BAD #AD513B #5EAD3B #3B97AD

split-complementary

#8A3BAD #97AD3B #3BAD51

monochromatic

#411C52 #662B7F #8A3BAD #A75DC8 #C08BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#8A3BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8A3BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BAD

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BAD	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3561AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87516F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.182 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076c6',
    500: '#8a3bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bad;
$custom-light: #b076c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.579,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50952,
    "c": 0.18188,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BAD

secondary

#96C282

accent

#D94F79

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BAD

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

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