#8A438D#8A438D

#8A438D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.137 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A438D
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 141)
HSL	hsl(298, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(298, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 52.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.15, 41.31, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.15, 49.92, 325.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.12% 0.1137 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(50.12% 0.137 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2957, 11.3416, 26.4723)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A438D #468D43

analogous

#65438D #8A438D #8D436B

triadic

#8A438D #8D8A43 #438D8A

tetradic

#8A438D #8D6543 #468D43 #436B8D

square

#8A438D #8D6543 #468D43 #436B8D

split-complementary

#8A438D #6B8D43 #438D65

monochromatic

#391C3A #612F64 #8A438D #AE5CB1 #C385C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#8A438D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8A438D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A438D

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A438D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A438D	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B598F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a438d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.137 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7aae',
    500: '#8a438d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a438d;
$custom-light: #ae7aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a438d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.568,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50123,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A438D

secondary

#7EB07C

accent

#CC5C61

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#100910

muted

#7F7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A438D

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

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