#8A198B#8A198B

#8A198B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.191 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A198B
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(299, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.91, 57.99, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.91, 68.60, 327.70°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% 0.1614 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.191 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4889, 7.9638, 25.1425)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A198B #1A8B19

analogous

#51198B #8A198B #8B1953

triadic

#8A198B #8B8A19 #198B8A

tetradic

#8A198B #8B5119 #1A8B19 #19538B

square

#8A198B #8B5119 #1A8B19 #19538B

split-complementary

#8A198B #538B19 #198B51

monochromatic

#230623 #571057 #8A198B #BD22BF #DC41DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#8A198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8A198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A198B

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A198B	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00478E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E2E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.191 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b066ad',
    500: '#8a198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a198b;
$custom-light: #b066ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.474,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45567,
    "c": 0.19082,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A198B

secondary

#43BE42

accent

#EC3B3D

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A198B

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

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