#8A2B8B#8A2B8B

#8A2B8B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.172 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B8B
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(299, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.98, 52.07, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.98, 61.84, 327.35°)
OKLab	oklab(47.05% 0.1447 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(47.05% 0.172 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0051, 8.9962, 25.3145)
Luminance	0.0900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B8B #2C8B2B

analogous

#5A2B8B #8A2B8B #8B2B5C

triadic

#8A2B8B #8B8A2B #2B8B8A

tetradic

#8A2B8B #8B5A2B #2C8B2B #2B5C8B

square

#8A2B8B #8B5A2B #2C8B2B #2B5C8B

split-complementary

#8A2B8B #5C8B2B #2B8B5A

monochromatic

#2D0E2E #5C1D5C #8A2B8B #B839BA #CD62CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#8A2B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#8A2B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B8B

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B8B	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.172 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6dad',
    500: '#8a2b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b8b;
$custom-light: #af6dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.375,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47046,
    "c": 0.17166,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B8B

secondary

#5EB55D

accent

#DC4C4D

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B8B

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

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