#8A3CA8#8A3CA8

#8A3CA8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.175 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CA8
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 168)
HSL	hsl(283, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(283, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 64.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 50.31, -43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 66.80, 318.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.1247 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.175 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1639, 11.4628, 38.2413)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CA8 #5AA83C

analogous

#543CA8 #8A3CA8 #A83C90

triadic

#8A3CA8 #A88A3C #3CA88A

tetradic

#8A3CA8 #A8543C #5AA83C #3C90A8

square

#8A3CA8 #A8543C #5AA83C #3C90A8

split-complementary

#8A3CA8 #90A83C #3CA854

monochromatic

#401C4E #652C7B #8A3CA8 #A85CC5 #C089D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8A3CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A3CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CA8

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CA8	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#125BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A61A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.175 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af77c2',
    500: '#8a3ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ca8;
$custom-light: #af77c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5075,
    "c": 0.17543,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CA8

secondary

#92BF80

accent

#D75176

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CA8

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

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