#8A3E9D#8A3E9D

#8A3E9D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.161 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3E9D
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 157)
HSL	hsl(288, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(288, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 60.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.05, 47.05, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.05, 60.38, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50.33% 0.1221 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(50.33% 0.161 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2889, 11.2836, 33.1063)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3E9D #519D3E

analogous

#5A3E9D #8A3E9D #9D3E80

triadic

#8A3E9D #9D8A3E #3E9D8A

tetradic

#8A3E9D #9D5A3E #519D3E #3E809D

square

#8A3E9D #9D5A3E #519D3E #3E809D

split-complementary

#8A3E9D #809D3E #3E9D5A

monochromatic

#3D1B45 #632D71 #8A3E9D #AA5ABE #C186CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#8A3E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8A3E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3E9D

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3E9D	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2759A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44619B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.161 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af78ba',
    500: '#8a3e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3e9d;
$custom-light: #af78ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50328,
    "c": 0.16138,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3E9D

secondary

#89BA7D

accent

#D3556E

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3E9D

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

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