#8A2280#8A2280

#8A2280 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.174 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2280
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 128)
HSL	hsl(306, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(306, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.20, 53.50, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.20, 61.02, 331.25°)
OKLab	oklab(45.58% 0.1537 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(45.58% 0.174 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9496, 8.1071, 21.1953)
Luminance	0.0811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2280 #228A2C

analogous

#60228A #8A2280 #8A224C

triadic

#8A2280 #808A22 #22808A

tetradic

#8A2280 #8A6022 #228A2C #224C8A

square

#8A2280 #8A6022 #228A2C #224C8A

split-complementary

#8A2280 #4C8A22 #228A60

monochromatic

#280A25 #591652 #8A2280 #BB2EAE #D452C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#8A2280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8A2280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2280

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2280	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)

#1C4783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44567D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.174 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a5',
    500: '#8a2280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2280;
$custom-light: #b069a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.769,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45575,
    "c": 0.17362,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2280

secondary

#50B85A

accent

#E45444

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2280

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

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