#8A257E#8A257E

#8A257E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.169 H 333.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A257E
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(307, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(307, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.47, 52.13, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.47, 59.03, 332.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45.73% 0.1506 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(45.73% 0.169 333.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9088, 8.2340, 20.5387)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A257E #258A31

analogous

#64258A #8A257E #8A254C

triadic

#8A257E #7E8A25 #257E8A

tetradic

#8A257E #8A6425 #258A31 #254C8A

square

#8A257E #8A6425 #258A31 #254C8A

split-complementary

#8A257E #4C8A25 #258A64

monochromatic

#290B26 #5A1852 #8A257E #BA32AA #D257C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#8A257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8A257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A257E

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A257E	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46567C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#902F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.169 333.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6aa3',
    500: '#8a257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a257e;
$custom-light: #af6aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.129,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45728,
    "c": 0.16861,
    "h": 333.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A257E

secondary

#54B760

accent

#E15947

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A257E

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

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