#8A24AE#8A24AE

#8A24AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.210 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A24AE
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 174)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(284, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 61.16, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 80.52, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% 0.1486 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.21 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7508, 9.7217, 40.9250)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A24AE #48AE24

analogous

#4524AE #8A24AE #AE248D

triadic

#8A24AE #AE8A24 #24AE8A

tetradic

#8A24AE #AE4524 #48AE24 #248DAE

square

#8A24AE #AE4524 #48AE24 #248DAE

split-complementary

#8A24AE #8DAE24 #24AE45

monochromatic

#3A0F49 #621A7B #8A24AE #AD39D6 #C26CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#8A24AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8A24AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A24AE

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A24AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A24AE	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D5AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#874569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a24ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.210 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cc7',
    500: '#8a24ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a24ae;
$custom-light: #b16cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a24ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48729,
    "c": 0.20962,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A24AE

secondary

#80C767

accent

#E93F6B

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110713

muted

#807A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A24AE

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

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