#8A2B9A#8A2B9A

#8A2B9A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.185 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B9A
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 154)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.86, 54.82, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.86, 68.53, 323.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1445 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.185 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1772, 9.4651, 31.4877)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B9A #3B9A2B

analogous

#522B9A #8A2B9A #9A2B72

triadic

#8A2B9A #9A8A2B #2B9A8A

tetradic

#8A2B9A #9A522B #3B9A2B #2B729A

square

#8A2B9A #9A522B #3B9A2B #2B729A

split-complementary

#8A2B9A #729A2B #2B9A52

monochromatic

#34103A #5F1E6A #8A2B9A #B43AC8 #C66AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#8A2B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8A2B9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B9A

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B9A	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B3F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.185 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06eb8',
    500: '#8a2b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b9a;
$custom-light: #b06eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.351,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47969,
    "c": 0.18464,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B9A

secondary

#71BC65

accent

#E0485E

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B9A

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

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