#8A3BB1#8A3BB1

#8A3BB1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.186 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BB1
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 177)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 66.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 52.70, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 71.73, 317.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.22% 0.1255 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(51.22% 0.186 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9796, 11.7061, 42.7935)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BB1 #62B13B

analogous

#4F3BB1 #8A3BB1 #B13B9D

triadic

#8A3BB1 #B18A3B #3BB18A

tetradic

#8A3BB1 #B14F3B #62B13B #3B9DB1

square

#8A3BB1 #B14F3B #62B13B #3B9DB1

split-complementary

#8A3BB1 #9DB13B #3BB14F

monochromatic

#421C55 #662C83 #8A3BB1 #A75FCA #C08DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#8A3BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8A3BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BB1

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BB1	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3162AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.186 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077c9',
    500: '#8a3bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bb1;
$custom-light: #b077c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.169,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51217,
    "c": 0.18592,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BB1

secondary

#99C484

accent

#DA4E7C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BB1

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

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