#8A2C8C#8A2C8C

#8A2C8C is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.171 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C8C
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 140)
HSL	hsl(299, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(299, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.17, 51.85, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.17, 61.82, 327.00°)
OKLab	oklab(47.21% 0.1436 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(47.21% 0.171 327)
XYZ	xyz(16.1153, 9.0992, 25.7134)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C8C #2E8C2C

analogous

#5A2C8C #8A2C8C #8C2C5E

triadic

#8A2C8C #8C8A2C #2C8C8A

tetradic

#8A2C8C #8C5A2C #2E8C2C #2C5E8C

square

#8A2C8C #8C5A2C #2E8C2C #2C5E8C

split-complementary

#8A2C8C #5E8C2C #2C8C5A

monochromatic

#2E0F2F #5C1D5D #8A2C8C #B83BBB #CC64CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#8A2C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#8A2C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C8C

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C8C	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42598A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.171 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6eae',
    500: '#8a2c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c8c;
$custom-light: #af6eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.75,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47207,
    "c": 0.17122,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.09098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C8C

secondary

#61B55F

accent

#DC4C4F

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C8C

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

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