#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
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 157)
HSL	hsl(288, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(288, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 61.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.88, 47.53, -38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.88, 60.94, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% 0.1234 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.163 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2350, 11.1759, 33.0884)
Luminance	0.1118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8A3D9D	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3D9D

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

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