#8A258B#8A258B

#8A258B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.179 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A258B
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(299, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.19, 54.31, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.19, 64.41, 327.49°)
OKLab	oklab(46.48% 0.151 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(46.48% 0.179 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8028, 8.5916, 25.2471)
Luminance	0.0859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A258B #268B25

analogous

#57258B #8A258B #8B2559

triadic

#8A258B #8B8A25 #258B8A

tetradic

#8A258B #8B5725 #268B25 #25598B

square

#8A258B #8B5725 #268B25 #25598B

split-complementary

#8A258B #598B25 #258B57

monochromatic

#2A0B2A #5A185B #8A258B #BA32BB #D158D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#8A258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#8A258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A258B

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A258B	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.179 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6aad',
    500: '#8a258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a258b;
$custom-light: #af6aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.412,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46478,
    "c": 0.17893,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A258B

secondary

#56B755

accent

#E14748

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A258B

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

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