#8A2181#8A2181

#8A2181 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.175 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2181
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(305, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(305, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 6.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.14, 53.99, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.14, 61.80, 330.88°)
OKLab	oklab(45.55% 0.1547 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(45.55% 0.175 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9876, 8.0772, 21.5343)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2181 #218A2A

analogous

#5E218A #8A2181 #8A214C

triadic

#8A2181 #818A21 #21818A

tetradic

#8A2181 #8A5E21 #218A2A #214C8A

square

#8A2181 #8A5E21 #218A2A #214C8A

split-complementary

#8A2181 #4C8A21 #218A5E

monochromatic

#270925 #591553 #8A2181 #BB2DAF #D550CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#8A2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2181

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2181	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43557E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.175 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a6',
    500: '#8a2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2181;
$custom-light: #b068a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45548,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2181

secondary

#4EB957

accent

#E55143

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2181

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

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