#8A3E9C#8A3E9C

#8A3E9C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.160 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3E9C
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 156)
HSL	hsl(289, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(289, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 46.84, -37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 59.90, 321.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% 0.1221 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.16 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2038, 11.2496, 32.6586)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3E9C #509C3E

analogous

#5B3E9C #8A3E9C #9C3E7F

triadic

#8A3E9C #9C8A3E #3E9C8A

tetradic

#8A3E9C #9C5B3E #509C3E #3E7F9C

square

#8A3E9C #9C5B3E #509C3E #3E7F9C

split-complementary

#8A3E9C #7F9C3E #3E9C5B

monochromatic

#3D1B44 #632D70 #8A3E9C #AA5ABD #C186CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8A3E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8A3E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3E9C

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3E9C	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28599F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45619A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.160 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af78b9',
    500: '#8a3e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3e9c;
$custom-light: #af78b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.511,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50268,
    "c": 0.16037,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3E9C

secondary

#88B97D

accent

#D3556D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110911

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3E9C

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

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