#8A2C8E#8A2C8E

#8A2C8E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.173 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C8E
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(298, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(298, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.29, 52.21, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.29, 62.70, 326.38°)
OKLab	oklab(47.33% 0.1437 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(47.33% 0.173 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2641, 9.1587, 26.4971)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C8E #308E2C

analogous

#592C8E #8A2C8E #8E2C61

triadic

#8A2C8E #8E8A2C #2C8E8A

tetradic

#8A2C8E #8E592C #308E2C #2C618E

square

#8A2C8E #8E592C #308E2C #2C618E

split-complementary

#8A2C8E #618E2C #2C8E59

monochromatic

#2F0F31 #5D1E5F #8A2C8E #B73ABD #CB65CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#8A2C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#8A2C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C8E

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C8E	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41598B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.173 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6eaf',
    500: '#8a2c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c8e;
$custom-light: #af6eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.551,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47325,
    "c": 0.17294,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C8E

secondary

#64B660

accent

#DC4C52

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C8E

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

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