#8A2184#8A2184

#8A2184 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.178 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2184
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 132)
HSL	hsl(303, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(303, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 4.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, 54.48, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 63.02, 329.83°)
OKLab	oklab(45.72% 0.1548 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(45.72% 0.178 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1899, 8.1581, 22.6000)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2184 #218A27

analogous

#5B218A #8A2184 #8A214F

triadic

#8A2184 #848A21 #21848A

tetradic

#8A2184 #8A5B21 #218A27 #214F8A

square

#8A2184 #8A5B21 #218A27 #214F8A

split-complementary

#8A2184 #4F8A21 #218A5B

monochromatic

#270926 #591555 #8A2184 #BB2DB3 #D550CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#8A2184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8A2184 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2184

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2184	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F2F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.178 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b068a8',
    500: '#8a2184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2184;
$custom-light: #b068a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45722,
    "c": 0.17779,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2184

secondary

#4EB954

accent

#E54D43

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2184

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

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