#8A3EA1#8A3EA1

#8A3EA1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.165 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3EA1
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 161)
HSL	hsl(286, 44%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(286, 61%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 61.5%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, 47.87, -39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 62.31, 320.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.57% 0.1222 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(50.57% 0.165 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6360, 11.4225, 34.9344)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3EA1 #55A13E

analogous

#583EA1 #8A3EA1 #A13E86

triadic

#8A3EA1 #A18A3E #3EA18A

tetradic

#8A3EA1 #A1583E #55A13E #3E86A1

square

#8A3EA1 #A1583E #55A13E #3E86A1

split-complementary

#8A3EA1 #86A13E #3EA158

monochromatic

#3E1C49 #642D75 #8A3EA1 #A95CC0 #C088D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#8A3EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A3EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3EA1

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3EA1	1.00	6.39	3.28	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41619F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.165 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af78bd',
    500: '#8a3ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ea1;
$custom-light: #af78bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.061,
    "s": 44.395,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50568,
    "c": 0.16542,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3EA1

secondary

#8DBC7F

accent

#D45472

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3EA1

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

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