#8A3CA7#8A3CA7

#8A3CA7 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.174 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CA7
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 167)
HSL	hsl(284, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 64.1%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 50.10, -43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 66.32, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.1248 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.174 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0711, 11.4257, 37.7525)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CA7 #59A73C

analogous

#543CA7 #8A3CA7 #A73C8F

triadic

#8A3CA7 #A78A3C #3CA78A

tetradic

#8A3CA7 #A7543C #59A73C #3C8FA7

square

#8A3CA7 #A7543C #59A73C #3C8FA7

split-complementary

#8A3CA7 #8FA73C #3CA754

monochromatic

#401C4D #652C7A #8A3CA7 #A85CC4 #C089D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#8A3CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A3CA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CA7

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CA7	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#145AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B61A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.174 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af77c2',
    500: '#8a3ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ca7;
$custom-light: #af77c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.738,
    "s": 47.137,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50687,
    "c": 0.17442,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CA7

secondary

#91BF80

accent

#D75175

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CA7

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

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