#8A238A#8A238A

#8A238A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.180 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A238A
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(300, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.89, 54.83, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.89, 64.77, 327.84°)
OKLab	oklab(46.25% 0.153 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(46.25% 0.18 328)
XYZ	xyz(15.6695, 8.4415, 24.8439)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A238A #238A23

analogous

#57238A #8A238A #8A2357

triadic

#8A238A #8A8A23 #238A8A

tetradic

#8A238A #8A5723 #238A23 #23578A

square

#8A238A #8A5723 #238A23 #23578A

split-complementary

#8A238A #578A23 #238A57

monochromatic

#280A28 #591759 #8A238A #BB2FBB #D454D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#8A238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8A238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A238A

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A238A	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E498D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.180 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069ac',
    500: '#8a238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a238a;
$custom-light: #b069ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46245,
    "c": 0.18036,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.0844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A238A

secondary

#51B751

accent

#E34545

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A238A

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

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