#8A2980#8A2980

#8A2980 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.165 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2980
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 128)
HSL	hsl(306, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.10, 50.96, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.10, 58.12, 331.26°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% 0.1463 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.165 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1705, 8.5489, 21.2690)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2980 #298A33

analogous

#64298A #8A2980 #8A294F

triadic

#8A2980 #808A29 #29808A

tetradic

#8A2980 #8A6429 #298A33 #294F8A

square

#8A2980 #8A6429 #298A33 #294F8A

split-complementary

#8A2980 #4F8A29 #298A64

monochromatic

#2C0D28 #5B1B54 #8A2980 #B937AC #CF5EC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#8A2980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#8A2980 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2980

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2980	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47577E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#903351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.165 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6ca5',
    500: '#8a2980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2980;
$custom-light: #af6ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.186,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4622,
    "c": 0.16521,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2980

secondary

#5AB563

accent

#DE594A

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2980

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

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