#8A18B4#8A18B4

#8A18B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.224 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A18B4
RGB	rgb(138, 24, 180)
HSL	hsl(284, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(284, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 86.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.65, 65.62, -57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.65, 86.96, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.1554 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.224 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0446, 9.3525, 43.9732)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A18B4 #42B418

analogous

#3C18B4 #8A18B4 #B41890

triadic

#8A18B4 #B48A18 #18B48A

tetradic

#8A18B4 #B43C18 #42B418 #1890B4

square

#8A18B4 #B43C18 #42B418 #1890B4

split-complementary

#8A18B4 #90B418 #18B43C

monochromatic

#370A48 #61117E #8A18B4 #B027E2 #C45DE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#8A18B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#8A18B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A18B4

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A18B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A18B4	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86436B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a18b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 24, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.224 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b168cb',
    500: '#8a18b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a18b4;
$custom-light: #b168cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a18b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.846,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48391,
    "c": 0.22416,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A18B4

secondary

#79CD5B

accent

#F33568

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A18B4

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

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