#8A157B#8A157B

#8A157B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.182 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A157B
RGB	rgb(138, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(308, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(308, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 56.44, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 63.32, 333.05°)
OKLab	oklab(44.36% 0.1645 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(44.36% 0.182 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3247, 7.3710, 19.4034)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A157B #158A24

analogous

#5E158A #8A157B #8A1540

triadic

#8A157B #7B8A15 #157B8A

tetradic

#8A157B #8A5E15 #158A24 #15408A

square

#8A157B #8A5E15 #158A24 #15408A

split-complementary

#8A157B #408A15 #158A5E

monochromatic

#20051C #550D4C #8A157B #BF1DAA #E139CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8A157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8A157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A157B

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A157B	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12427E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.182 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a1',
    500: '#8a157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a157b;
$custom-light: #b064a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.692,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44364,
    "c": 0.18231,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A157B

secondary

#3DBE4D

accent

#F04F38

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A157B

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

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