#8A2B9B#8A2B9B

#8A2B9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.186 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2B9B
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 72.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 55.01, -41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 68.98, 322.89°)
OKLab	oklab(48.03% 0.1445 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(48.03% 0.186 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2608, 9.4985, 31.9282)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2B9B #3C9B2B

analogous

#522B9B #8A2B9B #9B2B74

triadic

#8A2B9B #9B8A2B #2B9B8A

tetradic

#8A2B9B #9B522B #3C9B2B #2B749B

square

#8A2B9B #9B522B #3C9B2B #2B749B

split-complementary

#8A2B9B #749B2B #2B9B52

monochromatic

#35103B #5F1E6B #8A2B9B #B33BC9 #C66BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#8A2B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8A2B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2B9B

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2B9B	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#385A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.186 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06eb9',
    500: '#8a2b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2b9b;
$custom-light: #b06eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.893,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48034,
    "c": 0.18553,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2B9B

secondary

#73BC65

accent

#E0485F

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2B9B

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

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