#8A259B#8A259B

#8A259B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.192 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A259B
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.16, 57.19, -42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.16, 71.46, 323.16°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% 0.1503 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.192 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0585, 9.0939, 31.8608)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A259B #369B25

analogous

#4F259B #8A259B #9B2571

triadic

#8A259B #9B8A25 #259B8A

tetradic

#8A259B #9B4F25 #369B25 #25719B

square

#8A259B #9B4F25 #369B25 #25719B

split-complementary

#8A259B #719B25 #259B4F

monochromatic

#320D38 #5E196A #8A259B #B631CC #C861D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#8A259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#8A259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A259B

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A259B	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.192 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06bb9',
    500: '#8a259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a259b;
$custom-light: #b06bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.356,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47491,
    "c": 0.19228,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A259B

secondary

#6BBF5D

accent

#E5435A

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A259B

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

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