#8A3D97#8A3D97

#8A3D97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.157 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3D97
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 151)
HSL	hsl(291, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(291, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 59.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.54, 46.32, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.54, 58.08, 322.89°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.1231 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.157 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7353, 10.9760, 30.4565)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3D97 #4A973D

analogous

#5D3D97 #8A3D97 #973D77

triadic

#8A3D97 #978A3D #3D978A

tetradic

#8A3D97 #975D3D #4A973D #3D7797

square

#8A3D97 #975D3D #4A973D #3D7797

split-complementary

#8A3D97 #77973D #3D975D

monochromatic

#3A1A40 #622B6B #8A3D97 #AC56BB #C282CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#8A3D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#8A3D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3D97

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3D97	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B589A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.157 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af77b6',
    500: '#8a3d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3d97;
$custom-light: #af77b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.333,
    "s": 42.453,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49845,
    "c": 0.15695,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3D97

secondary

#82B779

accent

#D25668

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3D97

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

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