#8A2CA0#8A2CA0

#8A2CA0 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.189 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2CA0
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 160)
HSL	hsl(289, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(289, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 72.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, 55.59, -43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 70.85, 321.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% 0.1431 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.189 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7263, 9.7436, 34.1979)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2CA0 #42A02C

analogous

#502CA0 #8A2CA0 #A02C7C

triadic

#8A2CA0 #A08A2C #2CA08A

tetradic

#8A2CA0 #A0502C #42A02C #2C7CA0

square

#8A2CA0 #A0502C #42A02C #2C7CA0

split-complementary

#8A2CA0 #7CA02C #2CA050

monochromatic

#371240 #611F70 #8A2CA0 #B03FCA #C46FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#8A2CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#8A2CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2CA0

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2CA0	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A4363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.189 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ebd',
    500: '#8a2ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2ca0;
$custom-light: #b06ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.621,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48457,
    "c": 0.18879,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2CA0

secondary

#79BF69

accent

#E04865

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2CA0

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

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