#8A1978#8A1978

#8A1978 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.177 H 335.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1978
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(310, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(310, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, 54.99, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 61.04, 334.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% 0.1613 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.177 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2193, 7.4559, 18.4559)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1978 #198A2B

analogous

#64198A #8A1978 #8A193F

triadic

#8A1978 #788A19 #19788A

tetradic

#8A1978 #8A6419 #198A2B #193F8A

square

#8A1978 #8A6419 #198A2B #193F8A

split-complementary

#8A1978 #3F8A19 #198A64

monochromatic

#22061E #56104B #8A1978 #BE22A5 #DD41C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8A1978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8A1978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1978

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1978	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A437A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#455375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.177 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0659f',
    500: '#8a1978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1978;
$custom-light: #b0659f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.558,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44445,
    "c": 0.17683,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1978

secondary

#42BD55

accent

#EC583C

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11060E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1978

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

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