#8A24A7#8A24A7

#8A24A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.204 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A24A7
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 167)
HSL	hsl(287, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(287, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 78.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, 59.80, -48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 77.30, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% 0.1497 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.204 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0861, 9.4558, 37.4242)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A24A7 #41A724

analogous

#4924A7 #8A24A7 #A72482

triadic

#8A24A7 #A78A24 #24A78A

tetradic

#8A24A7 #A74924 #41A724 #2482A7

square

#8A24A7 #A74924 #41A724 #2482A7

split-complementary

#8A24A7 #82A724 #24A749

monochromatic

#370E42 #601975 #8A24A7 #B035D3 #C467DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#8A24A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8A24A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A24A7

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A24A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A24A7	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#275AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a24a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.204 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06bc2',
    500: '#8a24a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a24a7;
$custom-light: #b06bc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a24a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.718,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48228,
    "c": 0.20356,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A24A7

secondary

#78C463

accent

#E84065

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A24A7

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

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