#8A2182#8A2182

#8A2182 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.176 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2182
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 130)
HSL	hsl(305, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(305, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 5.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.20, 54.16, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.20, 62.21, 330.53°)
OKLab	oklab(45.61% 0.1548 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(45.61% 0.176 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0544, 8.1039, 21.8861)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2182 #218A29

analogous

#5D218A #8A2182 #8A214D

triadic

#8A2182 #828A21 #21828A

tetradic

#8A2182 #8A5D21 #218A29 #214D8A

square

#8A2182 #8A5D21 #218A29 #214D8A

split-complementary

#8A2182 #4D8A21 #218A5D

monochromatic

#270925 #591553 #8A2182 #BB2DB1 #D550CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#8A2182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A2182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2182

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2182	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43567F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.176 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a7',
    500: '#8a2182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2182;
$custom-light: #b068a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45606,
    "c": 0.17624,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2182

secondary

#4EB956

accent

#E55043

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2182

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

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