#8A3C9D#8A3C9D

#8A3C9D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.164 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3C9D
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 157)
HSL	hsl(288, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 61.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.70, 48.02, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.70, 61.49, 321.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% 0.1247 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.164 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1821, 11.0701, 33.0708)
Luminance	0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3C9D #4F9D3C

analogous

#593C9D #8A3C9D #9D3C80

triadic

#8A3C9D #9D8A3C #3C9D8A

tetradic

#8A3C9D #9D593C #4F9D3C #3C809D

square

#8A3C9D #9D593C #4F9D3C #3C809D

split-complementary

#8A3C9D #809D3C #3C9D59

monochromatic

#3C1A44 #632B71 #8A3C9D #AB57BF #C184D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#8A3C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8A3C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3C9D

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3C9D	1.00	6.53	3.21	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2358A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43609B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.164 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af77ba',
    500: '#8a3c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3c9d;
$custom-light: #af77ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.247,
    "s": 44.7,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50069,
    "c": 0.1644,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3C9D

secondary

#87BA7B

accent

#D4536D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3C9D

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

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