#8A2DE2#8A2DE2

#8A2DE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.249 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2DE2
RGB	rgb(138, 45, 226)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 80.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.42, 69.18, -74.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.42, 101.59, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.129 -0.2126)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.249 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1437, 12.7709, 73.0771)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2DE2 #85E22D

analogous

#2F2DE2 #8A2DE2 #E22DDF

triadic

#8A2DE2 #E28A2D #2DE28A

tetradic

#8A2DE2 #E22F2D #85E22D #2DDFE2

square

#8A2DE2 #E22F2D #85E22D #2DDFE2

split-complementary

#8A2DE2 #DFE22D #2DE22F

monochromatic

#4C1283 #6B19B8 #8A2DE2 #A863E9 #C699F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8A2DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8A2DE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2DE2

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2DE2	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 45, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.249 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b472ec',
    500: '#8a2de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2de2;
$custom-light: #b472ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.829,
    "s": 75.732,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53535,
    "c": 0.24868,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2DE2

secondary

#B4DC8E

accent

#F23591

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EDFD

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2DE2

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

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