#8A2BA0#8A2BA0

#8A2BA0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.190 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2BA0
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 160)
HSL	hsl(289, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 73.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 55.97, -44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 71.28, 321.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1441 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.19 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6895, 9.6700, 34.1856)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2BA0 #41A02B

analogous

#502BA0 #8A2BA0 #A02B7B

triadic

#8A2BA0 #A08A2B #2BA08A

tetradic

#8A2BA0 #A0502B #41A02B #2B7BA0

square

#8A2BA0 #A0502B #41A02B #2B7BA0

split-complementary

#8A2BA0 #7BA02B #2BA050

monochromatic

#371140 #601E70 #8A2BA0 #B03DCB #C46ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#8A2BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#8A2BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2BA0

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2BA0	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.190 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ebd',
    500: '#8a2ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2ba0;
$custom-light: #b06ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.718,
    "s": 57.635,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48361,
    "c": 0.18996,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2BA0

secondary

#78BF68

accent

#E14764

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2BA0

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

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