#8A2AAA#8A2AAA

#8A2AAA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.200 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2AAA
RGB	rgb(138, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 58.31, -49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 76.35, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.95% 0.144 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(48.95% 0.2 316)
XYZ	xyz(18.5638, 9.9622, 38.9675)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2AAA #4AAA2A

analogous

#4A2AAA #8A2AAA #AA2A8A

triadic

#8A2AAA #AA8A2A #2AAA8A

tetradic

#8A2AAA #AA4A2A #4AAA2A #2A8AAA

square

#8A2AAA #AA4A2A #4AAA2A #2A8AAA

split-complementary

#8A2AAA #8AAA2A #2AAA4A

monochromatic

#3A1248 #621E79 #8A2AAA #AC41D0 #C272DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8A2AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8A2AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2AAA

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2AAA	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#285BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.200 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ec4',
    500: '#8a2aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2aaa;
$custom-light: #b06ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48949,
    "c": 0.20003,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.09961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2AAA

secondary

#82C36C

accent

#E4446C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2AAA

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

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