#8A438E#8A438E

#8A438E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.138 H 325.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A438E
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 142)
HSL	hsl(297, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(297, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 52.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.20, 41.51, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.20, 50.38, 325.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% 0.1138 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.138 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3705, 11.3715, 26.8659)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A438E #478E43

analogous

#64438E #8A438E #8E436C

triadic

#8A438E #8E8A43 #438E8A

tetradic

#8A438E #8E6443 #478E43 #436C8E

square

#8A438E #8E6443 #478E43 #436C8E

split-complementary

#8A438E #6C8E43 #438E64

monochromatic

#391C3B #622F64 #8A438E #AE5CB2 #C286C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#8A438E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8A438E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A438E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A438E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A438E	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A5990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a438e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.138 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7aaf',
    500: '#8a438e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a438e;
$custom-light: #ae7aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a438e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.8,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50176,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A438E

secondary

#7FB17C

accent

#CC5C62

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF4

border

#CFC9CE

text

#110910

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A438E

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

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