#8A3EAC#8A3EAC

#8A3EAC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.177 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3EAC
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 172)
HSL	hsl(281, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 64%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.94, 50.21, -45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.94, 67.68, 317.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.1222 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.177 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6490, 11.8277, 40.2696)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3EAC #60AC3E

analogous

#533EAC #8A3EAC #AC3E97

triadic

#8A3EAC #AC8A3E #3EAC8A

tetradic

#8A3EAC #AC533E #60AC3E #3E97AC

square

#8A3EAC #AC533E #60AC3E #3E97AC

split-complementary

#8A3EAC #97AC3E #3EAC53

monochromatic

#421E52 #662E7F #8A3EAC #A761C6 #C08ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8A3EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A3EAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3EAC

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3EAC	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F5CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3962A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.177 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af78c5',
    500: '#8a3eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3eac;
$custom-light: #af78c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.455,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51257,
    "c": 0.17665,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3EAC

secondary

#97C185

accent

#D7517A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3EAC

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

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