#8A2E8B#8A2E8B

#8A2E8B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.168 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E8B
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(299, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(299, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 50.85, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 60.45, 327.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47.36% 0.1413 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(47.36% 0.168 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1182, 9.2224, 25.3522)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E8B #2F8B2E

analogous

#5C2E8B #8A2E8B #8B2E5E

triadic

#8A2E8B #8B8A2E #2E8B8A

tetradic

#8A2E8B #8B5C2E #2F8B2E #2E5E8B

square

#8A2E8B #8B5C2E #2F8B2E #2E5E8B

split-complementary

#8A2E8B #5E8B2E #2E8B5C

monochromatic

#2F102F #5C1F5D #8A2E8B #B83DB9 #CC67CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#8A2E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#8A2E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E8B

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E8B	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.168 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6ead',
    500: '#8a2e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e8b;
$custom-light: #af6ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.355,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47358,
    "c": 0.16773,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E8B

secondary

#62B361

accent

#DA4E50

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E8B

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

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