#8A3B6D · Plum

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#8A3B6D is a medium, muted purple color, closest to Plum and near Plum and Brick Red. In OKLCH it has 47% lightness and 0.12 chroma at hue 344°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #8A3B6D a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#8A3B6D
RGBrgb(138, 59, 109)
HSLhsl(322, 40%, 39%)
CMYK0, 57, 21, 46
CSS var--plum
Contrast7.17:1 white · 2.93:1 black

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How to use #8A3B6D

White text passes WCAG AA on #8A3B6D (7.17:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #8A3B6D with its analogous neighbors #813C8B and #8B3C46; for contrast use its complement #3C8B59 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--plum: #8A3B6D;

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