#8A2BA8#8A2BA8

#8A2BA8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.197 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2BA8
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 168)
HSL	hsl(286, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 57.54, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 75.00, 320.11°)
OKLab	oklab(48.9% 0.1433 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(48.9% 0.197 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4119, 9.9589, 37.9906)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2BA8 #49A82B

analogous

#4C2BA8 #8A2BA8 #A82B88

triadic

#8A2BA8 #A88A2B #2BA88A

tetradic

#8A2BA8 #A84C2B #49A82B #2B88A8

square

#8A2BA8 #A84C2B #49A82B #2B88A8

split-complementary

#8A2BA8 #88A82B #2BA84C

monochromatic

#3A1247 #621F77 #8A2BA8 #AD42CF #C272DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#8A2BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#8A2BA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2BA8

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2BA8	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C5CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.197 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ec2',
    500: '#8a2ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2ba8;
$custom-light: #b06ec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48902,
    "c": 0.19713,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2BA8

secondary

#81C26C

accent

#E2456B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2BA8

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

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