#8A259D#8A259D

#8A259D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.194 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A259D
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(291, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(291, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.29, 57.56, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.29, 72.36, 322.70°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.1501 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.194 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2279, 9.1617, 32.7527)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A259D #389D25

analogous

#4E259D #8A259D #9D2574

triadic

#8A259D #9D8A25 #259D8A

tetradic

#8A259D #9D4E25 #389D25 #25749D

square

#8A259D #9D4E25 #389D25 #25749D

split-complementary

#8A259D #749D25 #259D4E

monochromatic

#330E3A #5E196B #8A259D #B531CE #C762DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#8A259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8A259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A259D

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A259D	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32599A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.194 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06bba',
    500: '#8a259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a259d;
$custom-light: #b06bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47624,
    "c": 0.19398,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A259D

secondary

#6EBF5E

accent

#E5435D

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110712

muted

#807A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A259D

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

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