#8A2BA1#8A2BA1

#8A2BA1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.191 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2BA1
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 161)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 73.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 56.17, -44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 71.74, 321.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.43% 0.144 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(48.43% 0.191 319)
XYZ	xyz(17.7773, 9.7051, 34.6482)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2BA1 #42A12B

analogous

#4F2BA1 #8A2BA1 #A12B7D

triadic

#8A2BA1 #A18A2B #2BA18A

tetradic

#8A2BA1 #A14F2B #42A12B #2B7DA1

square

#8A2BA1 #A14F2B #42A12B #2B7DA1

split-complementary

#8A2BA1 #7DA12B #2BA14F

monochromatic

#371140 #611E71 #8A2BA1 #B03ECB #C46ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#8A2BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8A2BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2BA1

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2BA1	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.191 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ebd',
    500: '#8a2ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2ba1;
$custom-light: #b06ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.305,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48427,
    "c": 0.19085,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.09704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2BA1

secondary

#79BF69

accent

#E14765

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2BA1

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

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