#8A438F#8A438F

#8A438F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.139 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A438F
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 143)
HSL	hsl(296, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(296, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 53.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 41.70, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 50.84, 325.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% 0.114 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.139 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4459, 11.4017, 27.2631)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A438F #488F43

analogous

#64438F #8A438F #8F436E

triadic

#8A438F #8F8A43 #438F8A

tetradic

#8A438F #8F6443 #488F43 #436E8F

square

#8A438F #8F6443 #488F43 #436E8F

split-complementary

#8A438F #6E8F43 #438F64

monochromatic

#3A1C3C #622F65 #8A438F #AD5CB3 #C286C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8A438F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A438F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A438F

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A438F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A438F	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#395991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D4C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a438f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.139 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7ab0',
    500: '#8a438f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a438f;
$custom-light: #ae7ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a438f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.053,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50228,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A438F

secondary

#80B17D

accent

#CC5C63

background

#FAF7FA

surface

#F5EEF5

border

#CFC9CF

text

#110910

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A438F

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

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