#8A3CA4#8A3CA4

#8A3CA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.171 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CA4
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 164)
HSL	hsl(285, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 63.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.11, 49.46, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.11, 64.86, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.1248 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.171 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7969, 11.3160, 36.3088)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CA4 #56A43C

analogous

#563CA4 #8A3CA4 #A43C8A

triadic

#8A3CA4 #A48A3C #3CA48A

tetradic

#8A3CA4 #A4563C #56A43C #3C8AA4

square

#8A3CA4 #A4563C #56A43C #3C8AA4

split-complementary

#8A3CA4 #8AA43C #3CA456

monochromatic

#3F1B4A #642C77 #8A3CA4 #A95AC3 #C087D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8A3CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8A3CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CA4

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CA4	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A5AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E61A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.171 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af77bf',
    500: '#8a3ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ca4;
$custom-light: #af77bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50498,
    "c": 0.1714,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CA4

secondary

#8EBD7E

accent

#D65273

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CA4

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

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