#8A2897#8A2897

#8A2897 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.186 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2897
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 151)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(293, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 73.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.28, 55.39, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.28, 68.45, 324.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% 0.1477 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.186 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8254, 9.1562, 30.1532)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2897 #359728

analogous

#532897 #8A2897 #97286C

triadic

#8A2897 #978A28 #28978A

tetradic

#8A2897 #975328 #359728 #286C97

square

#8A2897 #975328 #359728 #286C97

split-complementary

#8A2897 #6C9728 #289753

monochromatic

#320E36 #5E1B67 #8A2897 #B635C7 #C864D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#8A2897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8A2897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2897

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2897	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.186 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06cb6',
    500: '#8a2897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2897;
$custom-light: #b06cb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.973,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47494,
    "c": 0.18555,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2897

secondary

#6ABC5F

accent

#E14659

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2897

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

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