#8A2C9A#8A2C9A

#8A2C9A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.183 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C9A
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 154)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 54.44, -40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 68.08, 323.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.1435 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.183 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2140, 9.5387, 31.5000)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C9A #3C9A2C

analogous

#532C9A #8A2C9A #9A2C73

triadic

#8A2C9A #9A8A2C #2C9A8A

tetradic

#8A2C9A #9A532C #3C9A2C #2C739A

square

#8A2C9A #9A532C #3C9A2C #2C739A

split-complementary

#8A2C9A #739A2C #2C9A53

monochromatic

#35113B #5F1E6A #8A2C9A #B33CC7 #C66CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#8A2C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8A2C9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C9A

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C9A	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.183 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06eb8',
    500: '#8a2c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c9a;
$custom-light: #b06eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.273,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48067,
    "c": 0.18343,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C9A

secondary

#73BC66

accent

#DF495F

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C9A

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

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