#8A2179#8A2179

#8A2179 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.169 H 335.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2179
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 121)
HSL	hsl(310, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(310, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 52.73, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 58.67, 333.98°)
OKLab	oklab(45.1% 0.1542 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(45.1% 0.169 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4765, 7.8728, 18.8426)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2179 #218A32

analogous

#66218A #8A2179 #8A2144

triadic

#8A2179 #798A21 #21798A

tetradic

#8A2179 #8A6621 #218A32 #21448A

square

#8A2179 #8A6621 #218A32 #21448A

split-complementary

#8A2179 #448A21 #218A66

monochromatic

#270922 #59154E #8A2179 #BB2DA4 #D550C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#8A2179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8A2179 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2179

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2179	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21457B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91294B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.169 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a0',
    500: '#8a2179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2179;
$custom-light: #b068a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45103,
    "c": 0.16948,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2179

secondary

#4EB95F

accent

#E55D43

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2179

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

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