#8A157E#8A157E

#8A157E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.184 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A157E
RGB	rgb(138, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(306, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(306, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, 56.90, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 64.47, 331.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% 0.1645 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.184 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5154, 7.4473, 20.4076)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A157E #158A21

analogous

#5B158A #8A157E #8A1543

triadic

#8A157E #7E8A15 #157E8A

tetradic

#8A157E #8A5B15 #158A21 #15438A

square

#8A157E #8A5B15 #158A21 #15438A

split-complementary

#8A157E #438A15 #158A5B

monochromatic

#20051D #550D4D #8A157E #BF1DAE #E139D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8A157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A157E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A157E	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D4381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41537B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.184 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a4',
    500: '#8a157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a157e;
$custom-light: #b064a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.154,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44537,
    "c": 0.18443,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A157E

secondary

#3DBE4A

accent

#F04A38

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A157E

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

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