#8A157C#8A157C

#8A157C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.183 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A157C
RGB	rgb(138, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(307, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(307, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 10.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.69, 56.59, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.69, 63.70, 332.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% 0.1645 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.183 334)
XYZ	xyz(14.3876, 7.3962, 19.7347)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A157C #158A23

analogous

#5D158A #8A157C #8A1541

triadic

#8A157C #7C8A15 #157C8A

tetradic

#8A157C #8A5D15 #158A23 #15418A

square

#8A157C #8A5D15 #158A23 #15418A

split-complementary

#8A157C #418A15 #158A5D

monochromatic

#20051D #550D4C #8A157C #BF1DAC #E139CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8A157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A157C

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A157C	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10427F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91234A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.183 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a2',
    500: '#8a157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a157c;
$custom-light: #b064a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.179,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44421,
    "c": 0.18301,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.07395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A157C

secondary

#3DBE4C

accent

#F04E38

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A157C

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

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