#8A2487#8A2487

#8A2487 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.177 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2487
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 135)
HSL	hsl(302, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(302, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, 53.97, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 63.11, 328.79°)
OKLab	oklab(46.15% 0.152 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(46.15% 0.177 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4852, 8.4155, 23.7257)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2487 #248A27

analogous

#5A248A #8A2487 #8A2454

triadic

#8A2487 #878A24 #24878A

tetradic

#8A2487 #8A5A24 #248A27 #24548A

square

#8A2487 #8A5A24 #248A27 #24548A

split-complementary

#8A2487 #548A24 #248A5A

monochromatic

#290B28 #591758 #8A2487 #BB31B6 #D356CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#8A2487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8A2487 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2487

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2487	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15498A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.177 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6aaa',
    500: '#8a2487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2487;
$custom-light: #af6aaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.765,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46152,
    "c": 0.17684,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2487

secondary

#53B756

accent

#E24B46

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2487

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

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