#8A1789#8A1789

#8A1789 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.191 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1789
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 137)
HSL	hsl(301, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(301, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.61, 58.16, -35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.61, 68.34, 328.33°)
OKLab	oklab(45.32% 0.1629 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(45.32% 0.191 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3028, 7.8234, 24.3661)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1789 #178A18

analogous

#52178A #8A1789 #8A1750

triadic

#8A1789 #898A17 #17898A

tetradic

#8A1789 #8A5217 #178A18 #17508A

square

#8A1789 #8A5217 #178A18 #17508A

split-complementary

#8A1789 #508A17 #178A52

monochromatic

#210621 #560E55 #8A1789 #BE20BD #DF3DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8A1789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8A1789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1789

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1789	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.191 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b065ac',
    500: '#8a1789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1789;
$custom-light: #b065ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.522,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45319,
    "c": 0.19094,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1789

secondary

#3FBE40

accent

#EE3B3A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110610

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1789

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

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