#8A157A#8A157A

#8A157A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.182 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A157A
RGB	rgb(138, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(308, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(308, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 11.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 56.29, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 62.94, 333.43°)
OKLab	oklab(44.31% 0.1644 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(44.31% 0.182 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2624, 7.3461, 19.0754)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A157A #158A25

analogous

#5F158A #8A157A #8A153F

triadic

#8A157A #7A8A15 #157A8A

tetradic

#8A157A #8A5F15 #158A25 #153F8A

square

#8A157A #8A5F15 #158A25 #153F8A

split-complementary

#8A157A #3F8A15 #158A5F

monochromatic

#20051C #550D4B #8A157A #BF1DA9 #E139CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8A157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A157A

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A157A	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13427D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.182 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a1',
    500: '#8a157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a157a;
$custom-light: #b064a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.205,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44307,
    "c": 0.18161,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A157A

secondary

#3DBE4E

accent

#F05138

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A157A

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

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