#8A24BA#8A24BA

#8A24BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.220 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A24BA
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 186)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 80.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.22, 63.57, -58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.22, 86.09, 317.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.62% 0.1461 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(49.62% 0.22 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9734, 10.2107, 47.3636)
Luminance	0.1021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A24BA #54BA24

analogous

#3F24BA #8A24BA #BA249F

triadic

#8A24BA #BA8A24 #24BA8A

tetradic

#8A24BA #BA3F24 #54BA24 #249FBA

square

#8A24BA #BA3F24 #54BA24 #249FBA

split-complementary

#8A24BA #9FBA24 #24BA3F

monochromatic

#3E1053 #641A87 #8A24BA #A941DA #C074E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#8A24BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#8A24BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A24BA

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A24BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A24BA	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#844A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a24ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.220 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16cd0',
    500: '#8a24ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a24ba;
$custom-light: #b16cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a24ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49623,
    "c": 0.22009,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A24BA

secondary

#8CCB6E

accent

#EA3D75

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF9

border

#D0C7D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A24BA

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

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