#8A18A1#8A18A1

#8A18A1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.209 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A18A1
RGB	rgb(138, 24, 161)
HSL	hsl(290, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(290, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 85.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.26, 62.07, -47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.26, 78.42, 322.33°)
OKLab	oklab(46.98% 0.1595 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(46.98% 0.209 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2401, 8.6307, 34.4691)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A18A1 #2FA118

analogous

#4618A1 #8A18A1 #A11874

triadic

#8A18A1 #A18A18 #18A18A

tetradic

#8A18A1 #A14618 #2FA118 #1874A1

square

#8A18A1 #A14618 #2FA118 #1874A1

split-complementary

#8A18A1 #74A118 #18A146

monochromatic

#2F0836 #5C106C #8A18A1 #B820D6 #CC4FE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8A18A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8A18A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A18A1

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A18A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A18A1	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27579E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A3960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a18a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 24, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.209 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b167bd',
    500: '#8a18a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a18a1;
$custom-light: #b167bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a18a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.927,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46983,
    "c": 0.20882,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A18A1

secondary

#62C74E

accent

#F13756

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF7

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A18A1

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

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