#8A2997#8A2997

#8A2997 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.184 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2997
RGB	rgb(138, 41, 151)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 55.02, -40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 68.03, 323.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% 0.1467 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.184 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8595, 9.2245, 30.1646)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2997 #369729

analogous

#532997 #8A2997 #97296D

triadic

#8A2997 #978A29 #29978A

tetradic

#8A2997 #975329 #369729 #296D97

square

#8A2997 #975329 #369729 #296D97

split-complementary

#8A2997 #6D9729 #299753

monochromatic

#320F37 #5E1C67 #8A2997 #B636C7 #C865D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#8A2997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8A2997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2997

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2997	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 41, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.184 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06db6',
    500: '#8a2997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2997;
$custom-light: #b06db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.909,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47587,
    "c": 0.18438,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2997

secondary

#6BBB61

accent

#E14759

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110711

muted

#807A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2997

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

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