#8A3D9D#8A3D9D

#8A3D9D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.163 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A3D9D
RGBrgb(138, 61, 157)
HSLhsl(288, 44%, 43%)
HSVhsv(288, 61%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(12.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(39.88, 47.53, -38.13)
CIE-LCHlch(39.88, 60.94, 321.27°)
OKLaboklab(50.2% 0.1234 -0.1063)
OKLCHoklch(50.2% 0.163 319.2)
XYZxyz(18.2350, 11.1759, 33.0884)
Luminance0.1118 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A3D9D #509D3D
analogous
#5A3D9D #8A3D9D #9D3D80
triadic
#8A3D9D #9D8A3D #3D9D8A
tetradic
#8A3D9D #9D5A3D #509D3D #3D809D
square
#8A3D9D #9D5A3D #509D3D #3D809D
split-complementary
#8A3D9D #809D3D #3D9D5A
monochromatic
#3D1B45 #632C71 #8A3D9D #AA59BE #C185D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49
#8A3D9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24
#8A3D9D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3D9D
6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A3D9D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8A3D9D1.006.493.246.49
#FFFFFF6.491.0021.001.00
#0000003.2421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.491.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2559A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#43619B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8A4D67
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a3d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.163 319.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af77ba',
    500: '#8a3d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a3d9d;
$custom-light: #af77ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a3d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.125,
    "s": 44.037,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50197,
    "c": 0.1629,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A3D9D
secondary
#88BA7C
accent
#D4546D
background
#FBF7FB
surface
#F6EDF6
border
#D0C8D0
text
#110912
muted
#807B81

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#8A3D9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva