#8A2CC9#8A2CC9

#8A2CC9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.226 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2CC9
RGB	rgb(138, 44, 201)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(276, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, 64.04, -63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 90.17, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.43% 0.1364 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(51.43% 0.226 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9223, 11.4220, 56.2968)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2CC9 #6BC92C

analogous

#3C2CC9 #8A2CC9 #C92CB9

triadic

#8A2CC9 #C98A2C #2CC98A

tetradic

#8A2CC9 #C93C2C #6BC92C #2CB9C9

square

#8A2CC9 #C93C2C #6BC92C #2CB9C9

split-complementary

#8A2CC9 #B9C92C #2CC93C

monochromatic

#451665 #682197 #8A2CC9 #A658DA #C18AE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#8A2CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A2CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2CC9

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2CC9	1.00	6.39	3.28	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0060C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F547A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 44, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.226 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b270da',
    500: '#8a2cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2cc9;
$custom-light: #b270da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.924,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51425,
    "c": 0.22633,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2CC9

secondary

#A1CF82

accent

#E74183

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120815

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2CC9

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

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