#8A2489#8A2489

#8A2489 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.178 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2489
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 137)
HSL	hsl(301, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(301, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.95, 54.31, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.95, 63.95, 328.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.27% 0.152 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(46.27% 0.178 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6273, 8.4723, 24.4743)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2489 #248A25

analogous

#58248A #8A2489 #8A2456

triadic

#8A2489 #898A24 #24898A

tetradic

#8A2489 #8A5824 #248A25 #24568A

square

#8A2489 #8A5824 #248A25 #24568A

split-complementary

#8A2489 #568A24 #248A58

monochromatic

#290B29 #591759 #8A2489 #BB31B9 #D356D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#8A2489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#8A2489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2489

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2489	1.00	7.79	2.69	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F3354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.178 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aac',
    500: '#8a2489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2489;
$custom-light: #b06aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.588,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46271,
    "c": 0.17844,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2489

secondary

#53B754

accent

#E24846

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2489

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

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