#8A2C9B#8A2C9B

#8A2C9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.184 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C9B
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 155)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 71.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 54.63, -41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 68.54, 322.84°)
OKLab	oklab(48.13% 0.1434 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(48.13% 0.184 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2976, 9.5721, 31.9405)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C9B #3D9B2C

analogous

#532C9B #8A2C9B #9B2C75

triadic

#8A2C9B #9B8A2C #2C9B8A

tetradic

#8A2C9B #9B532C #3D9B2C #2C759B

square

#8A2C9B #9B532C #3D9B2C #2C759B

split-complementary

#8A2C9B #759B2C #2C9B53

monochromatic

#35113C #601E6B #8A2C9B #B23CC8 #C56CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#8A2C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#8A2C9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C9B

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C9B	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00519E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#395B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B4060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.184 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06eb9',
    500: '#8a2c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c9b;
$custom-light: #b06eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.811,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48131,
    "c": 0.18432,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C9B

secondary

#74BC67

accent

#DF4960

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF6

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110811

muted

#807B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C9B

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

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