#8A3BAE#8A3BAE

#8A3BAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.183 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BAE
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 174)
HSL	hsl(281, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 66.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.55, 52.06, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.55, 70.26, 317.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.1257 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.183 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6839, 11.5878, 41.2360)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BAE #5FAE3B

analogous

#503BAE #8A3BAE #AE3B98

triadic

#8A3BAE #AE8A3B #3BAE8A

tetradic

#8A3BAE #AE503B #5FAE3B #3B98AE

square

#8A3BAE #AE503B #5FAE3B #3B98AE

split-complementary

#8A3BAE #98AE3B #3BAE50

monochromatic

#421C53 #662C80 #8A3BAE #A75EC8 #C08CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#8A3BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8A3BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BAE

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BAE	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3461AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86516F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.183 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077c7',
    500: '#8a3bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bae;
$custom-light: #b077c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.217,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51017,
    "c": 0.18289,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BAE

secondary

#96C282

accent

#D94F7A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BAE

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

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