#8A3CA9#8A3CA9

#8A3CA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.176 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CA9
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 169)
HSL	hsl(283, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(283, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 64.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.41, 50.52, -44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.41, 67.29, 318.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% 0.1247 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.176 315)
XYZ	xyz(19.2574, 11.5002, 38.7338)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CA9 #5BA93C

analogous

#543CA9 #8A3CA9 #A93C91

triadic

#8A3CA9 #A98A3C #3CA98A

tetradic

#8A3CA9 #A9543C #5BA93C #3C91A9

square

#8A3CA9 #A9543C #5BA93C #3C91A9

split-complementary

#8A3CA9 #91A93C #3CA954

monochromatic

#401C4F #652C7C #8A3CA9 #A85DC5 #C08AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#8A3CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8A3CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CA9

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CA9	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#105BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A61A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88506D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.176 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af77c3',
    500: '#8a3ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ca9;
$custom-light: #af77c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.936,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50814,
    "c": 0.17644,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CA9

secondary

#93C081

accent

#D75177

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CA9

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

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