#8A199E#8A199E

#8A199E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.206 H 320.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A199E
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(291, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(291, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.14, 61.28, -46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.14, 76.81, 322.93°)
OKLab	oklab(46.83% 0.1594 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(46.83% 0.206 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9997, 8.5681, 33.0995)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A199E #2D9E19

analogous

#47199E #8A199E #9E196F

triadic

#8A199E #9E8A19 #199E8A

tetradic

#8A199E #9E4719 #2D9E19 #196F9E

square

#8A199E #9E4719 #2D9E19 #196F9E

split-complementary

#8A199E #6F9E19 #199E47

monochromatic

#2E0834 #5C1169 #8A199E #B821D3 #CD4EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#8A199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A199E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A199E	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B569B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B385E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.206 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b067bb',
    500: '#8a199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a199e;
$custom-light: #b067bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.977,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4683,
    "c": 0.20567,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A199E

secondary

#60C54E

accent

#EF3854

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A199E

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

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