#8A438A#8A438A

#8A438A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.134 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A438A
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(300, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 40.73, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 48.55, 327.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.1132 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.134 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0755, 11.2535, 25.3126)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A438A #438A43

analogous

#66438A #8A438A #8A4366

triadic

#8A438A #8A8A43 #438A8A

tetradic

#8A438A #8A6643 #438A43 #43668A

square

#8A438A #8A6643 #438A43 #43668A

split-complementary

#8A438A #668A43 #438A66

monochromatic

#381B38 #612F61 #8A438A #AF5BAF #C384C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#8A438A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8A438A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A438A

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A438A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A438A	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)

#3C588C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a438a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.134 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7aac',
    500: '#8a438a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a438a;
$custom-light: #ae7aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a438a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49968,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A438A

secondary

#7BAE7B

accent

#CB5D5D

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100910

muted

#7F7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A438A

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

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