#8A438B#8A438B

#8A438B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.135 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A438B
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(299, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 51.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.05, 40.92, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.05, 49.00, 326.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.1134 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.135 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1483, 11.2826, 25.6956)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A438B #448B43

analogous

#66438B #8A438B #8B4368

triadic

#8A438B #8B8A43 #438B8A

tetradic

#8A438B #8B6643 #448B43 #43688B

square

#8A438B #8B6643 #448B43 #43688B

split-complementary

#8A438B #688B43 #438B66

monochromatic

#381B38 #612F62 #8A438B #AF5BB0 #C384C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#8A438B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8A438B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A438B

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A438B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A438B	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)

#3C598D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a438b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.135 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7aad',
    500: '#8a438b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a438b;
$custom-light: #ae7aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a438b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.167,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50019,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A438B

secondary

#7CAF7B

accent

#CB5D5E

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100910

muted

#7F7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A438B

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

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