#8A1CB3#8A1CB3

#8A1CB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.221 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1CB3
RGB	rgb(138, 28, 179)
HSL	hsl(284, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 84.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.91, 64.46, -56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.91, 85.41, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.1533 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.221 314)
XYZ	xyz(19.0318, 9.4891, 43.4681)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1CB3 #45B31C

analogous

#3F1CB3 #8A1CB3 #B31C90

triadic

#8A1CB3 #B38A1C #1CB38A

tetradic

#8A1CB3 #B33F1C #45B31C #1C90B3

square

#8A1CB3 #B33F1C #45B31C #1C90B3

split-complementary

#8A1CB3 #90B31C #1CB33F

monochromatic

#380B49 #61147E #8A1CB3 #AE2EDE #C363E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#8A1CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8A1CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1CB3

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1CB3	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0259B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86446B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 28, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.221 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169cb',
    500: '#8a1cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1cb3;
$custom-light: #b169cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.709,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48544,
    "c": 0.22056,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.09488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1CB3

secondary

#7DCB5F

accent

#F0386A

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1CB3

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

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