#8A2497#8A2497

#8A2497 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.190 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A2497
RGBrgb(138, 36, 151)
HSLhsl(293, 61%, 37%)
HSVhsv(293, 76%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(8.6%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LABlab(35.79, 56.79, -41.01)
CIE-LCHlch(35.79, 70.05, 324.17°)
OKLaboklab(47.14% 0.1515 -0.1146)
OKLCHoklch(47.14% 0.19 322.9)
XYZxyz(16.6975, 8.9004, 30.1106)
Luminance0.0890 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A2497 #319724
analogous
#512497 #8A2497 #97246B
triadic
#8A2497 #978A24 #24978A
tetradic
#8A2497 #975124 #319724 #246B97
square
#8A2497 #975124 #319724 #246B97
split-complementary
#8A2497 #6B9724 #249751
monochromatic
#300C34 #5D1866 #8A2497 #B730C8 #CA5DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55
#8A2497 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78
#8A2497 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2497
7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A2497#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8A24971.007.552.787.55
#FFFFFF7.551.0021.001.00
#0000002.7821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.551.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004D9A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#375894
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8C3A5C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.190 322.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ab6',
    500: '#8a2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a2497;
$custom-light: #b06ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.217,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47144,
    "c": 0.18995,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A2497
secondary
#65BD5A
accent
#E54355
background
#FBF6FB
surface
#F6ECF6
border
#D0C7D0
text
#110711
muted
#807A80

Preview Lab

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#8A2497 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva