#8A3D99#8A3D99

#8A3D99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.159 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3D99
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 153)
HSL	hsl(290, 43%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(290, 60%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 60.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.65, 46.72, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.65, 59.03, 322.33°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% 0.1232 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.159 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8991, 11.0415, 31.3192)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3D99 #4C993D

analogous

#5C3D99 #8A3D99 #993D7A

triadic

#8A3D99 #998A3D #3D998A

tetradic

#8A3D99 #995C3D #4C993D #3D7A99

square

#8A3D99 #995C3D #4C993D #3D7A99

split-complementary

#8A3D99 #7A993D #3D995C

monochromatic

#3B1A41 #632C6D #8A3D99 #AC57BC #C183CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#8A3D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#8A3D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3D99

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3D99	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29589C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.159 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af77b7',
    500: '#8a3d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3d99;
$custom-light: #af77b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.217,
    "s": 42.991,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49961,
    "c": 0.15892,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3D99

secondary

#84B87A

accent

#D3556A

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3D99

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

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