#8A24B4#8A24B4

#8A24B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.215 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A24B4
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 180)
HSL	hsl(283, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 80%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 62.36, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 83.30, 318.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.1474 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.215 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3489, 9.9609, 44.0746)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A24B4 #4EB424

analogous

#4224B4 #8A24B4 #B42496

triadic

#8A24B4 #B48A24 #24B48A

tetradic

#8A24B4 #B44224 #4EB424 #2496B4

square

#8A24B4 #B44224 #4EB424 #2496B4

split-complementary

#8A24B4 #96B424 #24B442

monochromatic

#3C104E #631A81 #8A24B4 #AB3DD8 #C170E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8A24B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8A24B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A24B4

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A24B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A24B4	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E5BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85476D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a24b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.215 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16ccb',
    500: '#8a24b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a24b4;
$custom-light: #b16ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a24b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49171,
    "c": 0.21484,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A24B4

secondary

#86C96B

accent

#EA3E70

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A24B4

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

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