#8A2CB8#8A2CB8

#8A2CB8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.211 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2CB8
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 184)
HSL	hsl(280, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 76.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.01, 60.43, -55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.01, 82.11, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% 0.14 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.211 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0320, 10.6659, 46.3416)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2CB8 #5AB82C

analogous

#442CB8 #8A2CB8 #B82CA0

triadic

#8A2CB8 #B88A2C #2CB88A

tetradic

#8A2CB8 #B8442C #5AB82C #2CA0B8

square

#8A2CB8 #B8442C #5AB82C #2CA0B8

split-complementary

#8A2CB8 #A0B82C #2CB844

monochromatic

#401455 #652087 #8A2CB8 #A84DD4 #C07EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#8A2CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#8A2CB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2CB8

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2CB8	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#115EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#844D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.211 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16fce',
    500: '#8a2cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2cb8;
$custom-light: #b16fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50134,
    "c": 0.21063,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2CB8

secondary

#92C977

accent

#E54378

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2CB8

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

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