#8A1EAE#8A1EAE

#8A1EAE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.215 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1EAE
RGB	rgb(138, 30, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(285, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 82.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, 62.96, -53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 82.53, 319.71°)
OKLab	oklab(48.3% 0.1531 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(48.3% 0.215 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5842, 9.3885, 40.8694)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1EAE #42AE1E

analogous

#421EAE #8A1EAE #AE1E8A

triadic

#8A1EAE #AE8A1E #1EAE8A

tetradic

#8A1EAE #AE421E #42AE1E #1E8AAE

square

#8A1EAE #AE421E #42AE1E #1E8AAE

split-complementary

#8A1EAE #8AAE1E #1EAE42

monochromatic

#370C46 #61157A #8A1EAE #B02EDB #C462E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#8A1EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#8A1EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1EAE

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1EAE	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1659AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#874268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 30, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.215 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b169c7',
    500: '#8a1eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1eae;
$custom-light: #b169c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48297,
    "c": 0.21484,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1EAE

secondary

#79C95F

accent

#ED3A67

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1EAE

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

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