#8A157D#8A157D

#8A157D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.184 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A157D
RGB	rgb(138, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(307, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(307, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 56.74, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 64.08, 332.31°)
OKLab	oklab(44.48% 0.1645 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(44.48% 0.184 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4512, 7.4216, 20.0695)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A157D #158A22

analogous

#5C158A #8A157D #8A1542

triadic

#8A157D #7D8A15 #157D8A

tetradic

#8A157D #8A5C15 #158A22 #15428A

square

#8A157D #8A5C15 #158A22 #15428A

split-complementary

#8A157D #428A15 #158A5C

monochromatic

#20051D #550D4D #8A157D #BF1DAD #E139CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8A157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A157D

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A157D	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41537A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91244A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.184 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a3',
    500: '#8a157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a157d;
$custom-light: #b064a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44479,
    "c": 0.18373,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A157D

secondary

#3DBE4B

accent

#F04C38

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A157D

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

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