#8A257A#8A257A

#8A257A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.166 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A257A
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 122)
HSL	hsl(310, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(310, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 11.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.26, 51.49, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.26, 57.46, 333.64°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% 0.1502 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.166 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6558, 8.1328, 19.2065)
Luminance	0.0813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A257A #258A35

analogous

#68258A #8A257A #8A2548

triadic

#8A257A #7A8A25 #257A8A

tetradic

#8A257A #8A6825 #258A35 #25488A

square

#8A257A #8A6825 #258A35 #25488A

split-complementary

#8A257A #488A25 #258A68

monochromatic

#290B25 #5A184F #8A257A #BA32A5 #D257BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#8A257A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8A257A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A257A

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A257A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A257A	1.00	8.00	2.63	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25477C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a257a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.166 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6aa0',
    500: '#8a257a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a257a;
$custom-light: #af6aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a257a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.505,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45511,
    "c": 0.16557,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A257A

secondary

#54B764

accent

#E15F47

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A257A

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

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