#8A157F#8A157F

#8A157F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.185 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A157F
RGB	rgb(138, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(306, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(306, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 57.05, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 64.86, 331.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.1645 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.185 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5803, 7.4732, 20.7491)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A157F #158A20

analogous

#5A158A #8A157F #8A1544

triadic

#8A157F #7F8A15 #157F8A

tetradic

#8A157F #8A5A15 #158A20 #15448A

square

#8A157F #8A5A15 #158A20 #15448A

split-complementary

#8A157F #448A15 #158A5A

monochromatic

#20051D #550D4E #8A157F #BF1DB0 #E139D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8A157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A157F

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A157F	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A4382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40537C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.185 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b064a4',
    500: '#8a157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a157f;
$custom-light: #b064a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.641,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44596,
    "c": 0.18515,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A157F

secondary

#3DBE49

accent

#F04938

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11060F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A157F

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

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