#8A3C97#8A3C97

#8A3C97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.158 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3C97
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 151)
HSL	hsl(291, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 60.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.36, 46.81, -35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.36, 58.64, 322.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.71% 0.1244 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(49.71% 0.158 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6824, 10.8702, 30.4389)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3C97 #49973C

analogous

#5D3C97 #8A3C97 #973C77

triadic

#8A3C97 #978A3C #3C978A

tetradic

#8A3C97 #975D3C #49973C #3C7797

square

#8A3C97 #975D3C #49973C #3C7797

split-complementary

#8A3C97 #77973C #3C975D

monochromatic

#3A193F #622B6B #8A3C97 #AD55BB #C281CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#8A3C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#8A3C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3C97

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3C97	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A579A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.158 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af76b6',
    500: '#8a3c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3c97;
$custom-light: #af76b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49714,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3C97

secondary

#81B778

accent

#D35567

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3C97

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

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