#8A2C9F#8A2C9F

#8A2C9F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.188 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2C9F
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 159)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 55.40, -43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 70.38, 321.91°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.1432 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.188 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6391, 9.7087, 33.7390)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2C9F #419F2C

analogous

#502C9F #8A2C9F #9F2C7B

triadic

#8A2C9F #9F8A2C #2C9F8A

tetradic

#8A2C9F #9F502C #419F2C #2C7B9F

square

#8A2C9F #9F502C #419F2C #2C7B9F

split-complementary

#8A2C9F #7B9F2C #2C9F50

monochromatic

#37113F #601F6F #8A2C9F #B03ECA #C46ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#8A2C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#8A2C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2C9F

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2C9F	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.188 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ebc',
    500: '#8a2c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2c9f;
$custom-light: #b06ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.043,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48391,
    "c": 0.18789,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2C9F

secondary

#78BE69

accent

#E04864

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2C9F

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

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