#8A1D9D#8A1D9D

#8A1D9D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.202 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1D9D
RGB	rgb(138, 29, 157)
HSL	hsl(291, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(291, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 81.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.43, 60.05, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.43, 75.17, 323.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.02% 0.1567 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(47.02% 0.202 321)
XYZ	xyz(17.0057, 8.7173, 32.6786)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1D9D #309D1D

analogous

#4A1D9D #8A1D9D #9D1D70

triadic

#8A1D9D #9D8A1D #1D9D8A

tetradic

#8A1D9D #9D4A1D #309D1D #1D709D

square

#8A1D9D #9D4A1D #309D1D #1D709D

split-complementary

#8A1D9D #709D1D #1D9D4A

monochromatic

#2F0A36 #5D1369 #8A1D9D #B727D1 #CB55E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#8A1D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8A1D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1D9D

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1D9D	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E579A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B395E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 29, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.202 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068bb',
    500: '#8a1d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1d9d;
$custom-light: #b068bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.094,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47016,
    "c": 0.20163,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.08716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1D9D

secondary

#64C353

accent

#EC3C56

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6EBF6

border

#D0C6D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1D9D

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

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