#8A2BB3#8A2BB3

#8A2BB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.207 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2BB3
RGB	rgb(138, 43, 179)
HSL	hsl(282, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(282, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 76%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.53, 59.77, -53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.53, 80.16, 318.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.1417 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.207 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4804, 10.3863, 43.6177)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2BB3 #54B32B

analogous

#462BB3 #8A2BB3 #B32B98

triadic

#8A2BB3 #B38A2B #2BB38A

tetradic

#8A2BB3 #B3462B #54B32B #2B98B3

square

#8A2BB3 #B3462B #54B32B #2B98B3

split-complementary

#8A2BB3 #98B32B #2BB346

monochromatic

#3E1350 #641F82 #8A2BB3 #A948D3 #C079DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#8A2BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#8A2BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2BB3

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2BB3	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C5DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#864A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 43, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.207 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16fca',
    500: '#8a2bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2bb3;
$custom-light: #b16fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.912,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49679,
    "c": 0.2071,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2BB3

secondary

#8CC773

accent

#E44374

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2BB3

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

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