#8A2C99#8A2C99

#8A2C99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.183 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C99
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(292, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(292, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, 54.25, -40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 67.63, 323.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48% 0.1435 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(48% 0.183 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1311, 9.5055, 31.0632)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C99 #3B992C

analogous

#532C99 #8A2C99 #992C71

triadic

#8A2C99 #998A2C #2C998A

tetradic

#8A2C99 #99532C #3B992C #2C7199

square

#8A2C99 #99532C #3B992C #2C7199

split-complementary

#8A2C99 #71992C #2C9953

monochromatic

#34113A #5F1E69 #8A2C99 #B43BC7 #C66BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#8A2C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#8A2C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C99

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C99	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.183 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6eb7',
    500: '#8a2c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c99;
$custom-light: #af6eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.743,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48003,
    "c": 0.18254,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C99

secondary

#71BB66

accent

#DF495E

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C99

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

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