#8A3E9B#8A3E9B

#8A3E9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.159 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3E9B
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 155)
HSL	hsl(289, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(289, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 60%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.94, 46.64, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.94, 59.42, 321.71°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% 0.122 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.159 320)
XYZ	xyz(18.1195, 11.2159, 32.2144)
Luminance	0.1121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3E9B #4F9B3E

analogous

#5B3E9B #8A3E9B #9B3E7E

triadic

#8A3E9B #9B8A3E #3E9B8A

tetradic

#8A3E9B #9B5B3E #4F9B3E #3E7E9B

square

#8A3E9B #9B5B3E #4F9B3E #3E7E9B

split-complementary

#8A3E9B #7E9B3E #3E9B5B

monochromatic

#3C1B44 #632D6F #8A3E9B #AB59BD #C185CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#8A3E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#8A3E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3E9B

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3E9B	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29599E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.159 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af78b9',
    500: '#8a3e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3e9b;
$custom-light: #af78b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.032,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50209,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.11215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3E9B

secondary

#87B97C

accent

#D3556C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3E9B

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

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