#8A2AA4#8A2AA4

#8A2AA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.195 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2AA4
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(287, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(287, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, 57.13, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 73.55, 320.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.1447 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.195 318)
XYZ	xyz(18.0091, 9.7404, 36.0462)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2AA4 #44A42A

analogous

#4D2AA4 #8A2AA4 #A42A81

triadic

#8A2AA4 #A48A2A #2AA48A

tetradic

#8A2AA4 #A44D2A #44A42A #2A81A4

square

#8A2AA4 #A44D2A #44A42A #2A81A4

split-complementary

#8A2AA4 #81A42A #2AA44D

monochromatic

#381143 #611E73 #8A2AA4 #AF3ECD #C36EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#8A2AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8A2AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2AA4

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2AA4	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F5BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#894365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.195 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ec0',
    500: '#8a2aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2aa4;
$custom-light: #b06ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.213,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48536,
    "c": 0.19466,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.0974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2AA4

secondary

#7CC169

accent

#E24567

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2AA4

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

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