#8A2E8D#8A2E8D

#8A2E8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.169 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2E8D
RGB	rgb(138, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(298, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(298, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, 51.21, -33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 61.33, 326.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.1414 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.169 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.2656, 9.2814, 26.1289)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2E8D #318D2E

analogous

#5B2E8D #8A2E8D #8D2E61

triadic

#8A2E8D #8D8A2E #2E8D8A

tetradic

#8A2E8D #8D5B2E #318D2E #2E618D

square

#8A2E8D #8D5B2E #318D2E #2E618D

split-complementary

#8A2E8D #618D2E #2E8D5B

monochromatic

#301031 #5D1F5F #8A2E8D #B73DBB #CA68CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#8A2E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#8A2E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2E8D

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2E8D	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E3C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.169 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af6faf',
    500: '#8a2e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2e8d;
$custom-light: #af6faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.105,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47475,
    "c": 0.16946,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2E8D

secondary

#65B562

accent

#DA4E52

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#110810

muted

#807B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2E8D

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

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