#8A2C97#8A2C97

#8A2C97 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.181 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C97
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(293, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.82, 53.87, -39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.82, 66.72, 323.84°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% 0.1436 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.181 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9673, 9.4400, 30.2005)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C97 #39972C

analogous

#542C97 #8A2C97 #972C6E

triadic

#8A2C97 #978A2C #2C978A

tetradic

#8A2C97 #97542C #39972C #2C6E97

square

#8A2C97 #97542C #39972C #2C6E97

split-complementary

#8A2C97 #6E972C #2C9754

monochromatic

#331038 #5F1E68 #8A2C97 #B53AC6 #C76AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#8A2C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#8A2C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C97

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C97	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06509A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C3F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.181 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6eb6',
    500: '#8a2c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c97;
$custom-light: #af6eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.71,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47877,
    "c": 0.18078,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C97

secondary

#6FBA65

accent

#DE4A5C

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C97

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

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