#8A258E#8A258E

#8A258E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.181 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A258E
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(298, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.36, 54.83, -36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.36, 65.70, 326.58°)
OKLab	oklab(46.66% 0.151 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(46.66% 0.181 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0250, 8.6805, 26.4174)
Luminance	0.0868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A258E #298E25

analogous

#55258E #8A258E #8E255E

triadic

#8A258E #8E8A25 #258E8A

tetradic

#8A258E #8E5525 #298E25 #255E8E

square

#8A258E #8E5525 #298E25 #255E8E

split-complementary

#8A258E #5E8E25 #258E55

monochromatic

#2C0C2D #5B185D #8A258E #B932BF #CF5AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#8A258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#8A258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A258E

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A258E	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#094B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E588B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.181 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aaf',
    500: '#8a258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a258e;
$custom-light: #b06aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.714,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46661,
    "c": 0.18138,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A258E

secondary

#5AB956

accent

#E2464C

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110710

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A258E

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

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