#8A3CAD#8A3CAD

#8A3CAD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.180 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CAD
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 173)
HSL	hsl(281, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 65.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.66, 51.37, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.66, 69.25, 317.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.1246 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.181 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6386, 11.6527, 40.7417)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CAD #5FAD3C

analogous

#513CAD #8A3CAD #AD3C97

triadic

#8A3CAD #AD8A3C #3CAD8A

tetradic

#8A3CAD #AD513C #5FAD3C #3C97AD

square

#8A3CAD #AD513C #5FAD3C #3C97AD

split-complementary

#8A3CAD #97AD3C #3CAD51

monochromatic

#421C52 #662C80 #8A3CAD #A75FC7 #C08CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#8A3CAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8A3CAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CAD

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CAD	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#025CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3662AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87526F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.180 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af77c6',
    500: '#8a3cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3cad;
$custom-light: #af77c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.416,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51073,
    "c": 0.1805,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CAD

secondary

#96C283

accent

#D8507A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CAD

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

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