#8A3D9C#8A3D9C

#8A3D9C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.162 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3D9C
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 156)
HSL	hsl(289, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(289, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 60.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.82, 47.33, -37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.82, 60.46, 321.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% 0.1234 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.162 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1500, 11.1419, 32.6406)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3D9C #4F9C3D

analogous

#5B3D9C #8A3D9C #9C3D7E

triadic

#8A3D9C #9C8A3D #3D9C8A

tetradic

#8A3D9C #9C5B3D #4F9C3D #3D7E9C

square

#8A3D9C #9C5B3D #4F9C3D #3D7E9C

split-complementary

#8A3D9C #7E9C3D #3D9C5B

monochromatic

#3C1B44 #632C70 #8A3D9C #AB58BE #C184CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#8A3D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#8A3D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3D9C

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3D9C	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26599F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44619A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.162 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af77ba',
    500: '#8a3d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3d9c;
$custom-light: #af77ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.632,
    "s": 43.779,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50138,
    "c": 0.1619,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3D9C

secondary

#87B97C

accent

#D4546C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3D9C

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

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