#8A438C#8A438C

#8A438C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.136 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A438C
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 140)
HSL	hsl(298, 35%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(298, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 52.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.10, 41.12, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.10, 49.46, 326.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% 0.1135 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.136 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2217, 11.3120, 26.0822)
Luminance	0.1131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A438C #458C43

analogous

#65438C #8A438C #8C4369

triadic

#8A438C #8C8A43 #438C8A

tetradic

#8A438C #8C6543 #458C43 #43698C

square

#8A438C #8C6543 #458C43 #43698C

split-complementary

#8A438C #698C43 #438C65

monochromatic

#381B39 #612F63 #8A438C #AE5BB1 #C385C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8A438C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8A438C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A438C

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A438C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A438C	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B598E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a438c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.136 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7aae',
    500: '#8a438c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a438c;
$custom-light: #ae7aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a438c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.356,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50071,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A438C

secondary

#7DAF7B

accent

#CB5C60

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100910

muted

#7F7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A438C

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

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