#8A2CB7#8A2CB7

#8A2CB7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.210 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2CB7
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 183)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(281, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 76%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.94, 60.23, -55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.94, 81.64, 317.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.1402 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.21 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9276, 10.6241, 45.7915)
Luminance	0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2CB7 #59B72C

analogous

#452CB7 #8A2CB7 #B72C9E

triadic

#8A2CB7 #B78A2C #2CB78A

tetradic

#8A2CB7 #B7452C #59B72C #2C9EB7

square

#8A2CB7 #B7452C #59B72C #2C9EB7

split-complementary

#8A2CB7 #9EB72C #2CB745

monochromatic

#401454 #652086 #8A2CB7 #A84CD4 #C07EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#8A2CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#8A2CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2CB7

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2CB7	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#145DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#844D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.210 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16fcd',
    500: '#8a2cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2cb7;
$custom-light: #b16fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.576,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50061,
    "c": 0.20972,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2CB7

secondary

#91C876

accent

#E44378

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2CB7

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

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