#8A2996#8A2996

#8A2996 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.184 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2996
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 150)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(293, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 72.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 54.83, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 67.58, 324.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% 0.1468 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.184 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7787, 9.1921, 29.7387)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2996 #359629

analogous

#532996 #8A2996 #96296C

triadic

#8A2996 #968A29 #29968A

tetradic

#8A2996 #965329 #359629 #296C96

square

#8A2996 #965329 #359629 #296C96

split-complementary

#8A2996 #6C9629 #299653

monochromatic

#320F36 #5E1C66 #8A2996 #B636C6 #C865D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#8A2996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8A2996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2996

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2996	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.184 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06db5',
    500: '#8a2996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2996;
$custom-light: #b06db5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.394,
    "s": 57.068,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47523,
    "c": 0.18353,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2996

secondary

#6ABB60

accent

#E04758

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2996

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

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