#8A2183#8A2183

#8A2183 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.177 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2183
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(304, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(304, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.25, 54.32, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.25, 62.61, 330.17°)
OKLab	oklab(45.66% 0.1548 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(45.66% 0.177 331)
XYZ	xyz(15.1218, 8.1309, 22.2413)
Luminance	0.0813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2183 #218A28

analogous

#5C218A #8A2183 #8A214E

triadic

#8A2183 #838A21 #21838A

tetradic

#8A2183 #8A5C21 #218A28 #214E8A

square

#8A2183 #8A5C21 #218A28 #214E8A

split-complementary

#8A2183 #4E8A21 #218A5C

monochromatic

#270925 #591554 #8A2183 #BB2DB2 #D550CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#8A2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8A2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2183

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2183	1.00	8.00	2.63	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.177 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a7',
    500: '#8a2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2183;
$custom-light: #b068a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45664,
    "c": 0.17701,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.0813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2183

secondary

#4EB955

accent

#E54E43

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2183

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

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