#8A3E97#8A3E97

#8A3E97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.155 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3E97
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 151)
HSL	hsl(291, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(291, 59%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 58.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.72, 45.83, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.72, 57.52, 322.83°)
OKLab	oklab(49.98% 0.1218 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(49.98% 0.155 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7892, 11.0837, 30.4745)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3E97 #4B973E

analogous

#5E3E97 #8A3E97 #973E78

triadic

#8A3E97 #978A3E #3E978A

tetradic

#8A3E97 #975E3E #4B973E #3E7897

square

#8A3E97 #975E3E #4B973E #3E7897

split-complementary

#8A3E97 #78973E #3E975E

monochromatic

#3B1A40 #622C6C #8A3E97 #AC58BA #C283CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#8A3E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#8A3E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3E97

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3E97	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D589A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.155 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af78b6',
    500: '#8a3e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3e97;
$custom-light: #af78b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.236,
    "s": 41.784,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49977,
    "c": 0.15539,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3E97

secondary

#83B67A

accent

#D25668

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3E97

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

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