#8A3EA3#8A3EA3

#8A3EA3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.167 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3EA3
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 163)
HSL	hsl(285, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(285, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 62%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.40, 48.29, -40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.40, 63.28, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.69% 0.1223 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(50.69% 0.167 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8137, 11.4936, 35.8707)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3EA3 #57A33E

analogous

#583EA3 #8A3EA3 #A33E8A

triadic

#8A3EA3 #A38A3E #3EA38A

tetradic

#8A3EA3 #A3583E #57A33E #3E8AA3

square

#8A3EA3 #A3583E #57A33E #3E8AA3

split-complementary

#8A3EA3 #8AA33E #3EA358

monochromatic

#3F1C4A #642D77 #8A3EA3 #A85DC1 #C089D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8A3EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8A3EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3EA3

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3EA3	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#205AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4062A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.167 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af78bf',
    500: '#8a3ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ea3;
$custom-light: #af78bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.149,
    "s": 44.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50691,
    "c": 0.16745,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3EA3

secondary

#8FBD80

accent

#D55373

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3EA3

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

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