#8A257C#8A257C

#8A257C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.167 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A257C
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 124)
HSL	hsl(308, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 10.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.36, 51.81, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.36, 58.24, 332.82°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% 0.1504 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.167 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7810, 8.1829, 19.8659)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A257C #258A33

analogous

#66258A #8A257C #8A254A

triadic

#8A257C #7C8A25 #257C8A

tetradic

#8A257C #8A6625 #258A33 #254A8A

square

#8A257C #8A6625 #258A33 #254A8A

split-complementary

#8A257C #4A8A25 #258A66

monochromatic

#290B25 #5A1851 #8A257C #BA32A7 #D257C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#8A257C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8A257C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A257C

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A257C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A257C	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23477E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47567A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a257c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.167 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6aa2',
    500: '#8a257c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a257c;
$custom-light: #af6aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a257c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.317,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45618,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A257C

secondary

#54B762

accent

#E15C47

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF3

border

#D0C7CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A257C

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

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