#8A24B1#8A24B1

#8A24B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.212 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A24B1
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 177)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 79.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.55, 61.76, -53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.55, 81.91, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.95% 0.148 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(48.95% 0.212 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0466, 9.8400, 42.4825)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A24B1 #4BB124

analogous

#4324B1 #8A24B1 #B12492

triadic

#8A24B1 #B18A24 #24B18A

tetradic

#8A24B1 #B14324 #4BB124 #2492B1

square

#8A24B1 #B14324 #4BB124 #2492B1

split-complementary

#8A24B1 #92B124 #24B143

monochromatic

#3B0F4B #621A7E #8A24B1 #AC3BD7 #C26EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#8A24B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#8A24B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A24B1

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A24B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A24B1	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#175BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86466B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a24b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.212 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cc9',
    500: '#8a24b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a24b1;
$custom-light: #b16cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a24b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.404,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48949,
    "c": 0.21222,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A24B1

secondary

#83C869

accent

#E93F6E

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A24B1

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

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