#8A2199#8A2199

#8A2199 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.195 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2199
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 153)
HSL	hsl(293, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(293, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 78.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.58, 58.13, -42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.58, 72.05, 323.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.04% 0.154 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(47.04% 0.195 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7743, 8.7919, 30.9443)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2199 #309921

analogous

#4E2199 #8A2199 #99216C

triadic

#8A2199 #998A21 #21998A

tetradic

#8A2199 #994E21 #309921 #216C99

square

#8A2199 #994E21 #309921 #216C99

split-complementary

#8A2199 #6C9921 #21994E

monochromatic

#2F0B34 #5D1667 #8A2199 #B72CCB #CB59DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#8A2199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#8A2199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2199

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2199	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C395D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.195 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069b8',
    500: '#8a2199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2199;
$custom-light: #b069b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47035,
    "c": 0.19467,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2199

secondary

#64BF56

accent

#E84055

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2199

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

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