#8A2BA9#8A2BA9

#8A2BA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.198 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2BA9
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(285, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.84, 57.74, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.84, 75.46, 319.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% 0.1432 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.198 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5054, 9.9963, 38.4831)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2BA9 #4AA92B

analogous

#4B2BA9 #8A2BA9 #A92B89

triadic

#8A2BA9 #A98A2B #2BA98A

tetradic

#8A2BA9 #A94B2B #4AA92B #2B89A9

square

#8A2BA9 #A94B2B #4AA92B #2B89A9

split-complementary

#8A2BA9 #89A92B #2BA94B

monochromatic

#3A1247 #621F78 #8A2BA9 #AC42CF #C273DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#8A2BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#8A2BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2BA9

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2BA9	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B5CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#884668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.198 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ec3',
    500: '#8a2ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2ba9;
$custom-light: #b06ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.238,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48971,
    "c": 0.19803,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2BA9

secondary

#82C36D

accent

#E3456C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2BA9

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

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