#8A208B#8A208B

#8A208B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.184 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A208B
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(299, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.60, 55.98, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.60, 66.31, 327.58°)
OKLab	oklab(46.06% 0.1557 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(46.06% 0.184 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6577, 8.3015, 25.1988)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A208B #218B20

analogous

#54208B #8A208B #8B2056

triadic

#8A208B #8B8A20 #208B8A

tetradic

#8A208B #8B5420 #218B20 #20568B

square

#8A208B #8B5420 #218B20 #20568B

split-complementary

#8A208B #568B20 #208B54

monochromatic

#270928 #591559 #8A208B #BB2BBD #D54FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#8A208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#8A208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A208B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A208B	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03498E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.184 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068ad',
    500: '#8a208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a208b;
$custom-light: #b068ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.439,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46062,
    "c": 0.18433,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A208B

secondary

#4EBA4D

accent

#E64244

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A208B

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

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